Re: .desktop files and vfolders

on Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 11:50:45AM -0400, Paul Fox wrote:
> 
> i've had a lot of trouble getting this to work in the past.  oh --
> wait -- i guess my problem was unrelated.  it works okay in
> debian /usr/lib/menus entries (i haven't tried .desktop), but i
> can't get it to work from monolaunch (mb-applet-laucher).  i
> think it's because of the way xterm disassociates itself as much
> as possible from its parent.  i wrote a character-based wireless
> stumbler that i wanted to launch from the panel, but haven't been
> able to figure out how.
> 

Something like;

 mb-applet-launcher /path/to/an/image.png 'xterm -e top' 

works for me.

  -- Matthew