aliases

[Matt Hollingsworth]

Thanks!

I actually just made two custom menus for middle and right mosue button,
which works good for me.

Best,

-Matt


On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 10:20, Pete Nesbitt wrote:
> On February 27, 2004 08:59 pm, Matt Hollingsworth wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am trying to set some abbreviated aliases to run programs.  My general
> > practice is to hit Alt/F2 which brings up the Run command KDesktop
> > window.  I have been setting my aliases in my .bashrc file.  I'm still
> > very green at this, so am not sure of what PATH the run command window
> > looks at when it launches.  Does it have it's own "." file?  Or, does it
> > just exist before a shell does, so isn't looking at any shell specific
> > file for prefs?  I'd like to set up some basic aliases to launch
> > quicker.  So, if anybody knows how to set up the aliases for this,
> > please let me know.  Could be great.  Been using them a lot with .bashrc
> > and I think it's the best thing since...   well since....  the color
> > green.
> >
> > Hell, I dunno.  Any help would be fantastisch.
> >
> > Besest,
> >
> > -Matt
> 
> 
> Matt,
> The aliases are a great feature for command line functions, however, if these 
> are for apps that you run on the desktop, as opposed to something at a 
> command line, you may find it easiest to add a desktop icon or a panel icon. 
> You can add all the command line arg etc that you need.
> 
> For the desktop, you can just right-click on the desktop, select "Create New" 
> -> "Link to Application..."
> 
> The panel icons are right-click on panel, "Add" -> "Special Button" -> 
> "Non-KDE App"
> 
> Example, I have a second monitor I use for my tv card, it has a single icon on 
> it that the properties -> Execute show "/usr/bin/xawtv -f" (no quotes) to 
> launch tv full screen  ...never did figure out frame buffer :(
> The panel icons seem a little less forgiving, and I usually just delete then 
> recreate if I need to change it.
> 
> As far as the alt-f2 path, it is likely just the users env at login time, but 
> that is just a guess.
> -- 
> Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>