Re: Desktop File for Acme [plan9port]

You can try a bash script instead for rc. It works in my case.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:09 AM Parker Ellertson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a desktop entry so I can launch acme w/o opening a
> spare terminal.  So far I have this in the entry:
> ```
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Type=Application
> Exec=/home/parker/bin/acme.rc &
> Terminal=true
> Name=Acme
> Icon=/usr/local/plan9/mac/spaceglenda.png
> ```
> And the executable file is:
> ```
> #!/usr/bin/env rc
>
> TERM=dumb
> plumber
>
> fn cd { builtin cd $1 && awd $sysname }
> tabstop=4
>
> #font='/mnt/font/Lucida Grande/15a/font'
> #font='/mnt/font/Roboto Regular/14a/font'
> #font='/mnt/font/Noto Sans/13a/font'
>
> lfont=/mnt/font/UnifontMedium/10a/font
> font=$lfont
>
> SHELL=rc
> exec acme -a -f $font -F $lfont $*
> ```
> The script works when I launch it in a terminal.  But I can't figure out
> why it isn't working via the desktop entry.  I had `terminal` set to
> false before and it didn't work.  But when I set it to true, I see a
> terminal screen flicker for a moment before it vanishes again.  Anyone
> here have any luck with doing this?
>
>

-- 
Regards,

Dmytro Panchenko