Re: viewing and editing the "run command" field of a launcher

Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote:
> hi,
> Actually, there do seem to be a bug here. Launchers in the panel do show
> a command field. but launchers on the desktop do not. Peter you should
> check to see if this issue is in Nautilus bugzilla. If not file a bug
> towards nautilus on it.
> 
> Christian

You are correct. This is a bug that has been in existence for some time. 
I filed a bug with RedHat who in turn filed one with GNOME. The bug 
filed with GNOME is a duplicate of GNOME bug 83964. The fact that fairly 
intuitive steps led a GNOME novice to discover this soon after 
installing RH8 does not reflect well on GNOME. Of course sitting on this 
bug for over 6 months doesn't help matters either. That reflects poorly 
on both GNOME and RedHat which has been touting GNOME.

> On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 00:41, David Shochat wrote:
> 
>>Peter Stein wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Does anyone know how to do this? As a GNOME newbie I tried the 
>>>intuitive thing which is right-clicking on an icon and selecting 
>>>properties. Alas, no "run command". I have not been able to find any 
>>>documentation that describes how to do this. Can 
>>>gnome-desktop-item-edit be used for this? How about manual edits of 
>>>configuration files, be they text or binary? TIA.
>>
>>Actually, you did the right thing. So if you didn't see a "Command:" 
>>field, my guess is you had right clicked on an applet rather than a 
>>launcher (they look the same). To get a new launcher, right-click on an 
>>empty area of a panel and select Add to Panel -> Launcher... The 
>>Launcher Properties dialog has a help button.
>>
>>There is a help item in the main menu. Select Core Desktop, then Working 
>>With Panels. Section 1.4 is about launchers.
>>-- David
>>
>>
>>
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