Re: gnome-list Digest, Vol 67, Issue 12 item 1

[Desmond Armstrong <desmond armstrong gmail com>]

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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Alacarte command help (John Jason Jordan)
>    2. Re: Alacarte command help (Ravi Kumar)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:38:07 -0800
> From: John Jason Jordan <johnxj comcast net>
> To: Gnome list <gnome-list gnome org>
> Subject: Alacarte command help
> Message-ID: <20091127183807 23916c7b johnxj comcast net>
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> Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28.0
>
> I have an application that I need for drawing syntax trees in
> linguistics. It is a java application and the command is:
>
> java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
>
> The TreeForm.jar archive resides in /home/jjj/Software. If I use the
> command line and change directory to /home/jjj/Software, then execute
> the command, the program launches and all of the buttons on its menu
> appear. If I launch it from someplace else and use the command:
>
> java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm.jar
>
> The buttons do not appear. 
>
> The TreeForm folder contains a subfolder containing images of the
> buttons. For some reason the application finds the folder when it is
> launched from the command line inside the /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm
> folder, but not if it is called from outside that folder. 
>
> This is very strange, but it doesn't matter to me as long as I get the
> buttons. 
>
> I opened Alacarte to create a launch item. It launches, but without the
> buttons. The command I started with was:
>
> java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm.jar
>
> In an attempt to fix the problem, I changed the command to:
>
> cd /home/jjj/Software | java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
>
> However, this gives me an error message 'failed to execute child
> process "cd" (No such file or directory).'
>
> I'm trying to get the launch menu command to change to the directory
> first, then launch the .jar archive. Apparently I haven't got the
> syntax quite right. Clicking on the Help button in Alacarte gives me
> 'The requested URI "ghelp:user-guide#menu-editor" is invalid.'
>
> Can anyone help?
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:16:44 +0530
> From: Ravi Kumar <ra21vi gmail com>
> To: John Jason Jordan <johnxj comcast net>
> Cc: Gnome list <gnome-list gnome org>
> Subject: Re: Alacarte command help
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> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:08 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj comcast net>wrote:
>
>   
> > Fedora 12, Gnome 2.28.0
> >
> > I have an application that I need for drawing syntax trees in
> > linguistics. It is a java application and the command is:
> >
> > java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
> >
> > The TreeForm.jar archive resides in /home/jjj/Software. If I use the
> > command line and change directory to /home/jjj/Software, then execute
> > the command, the program launches and all of the buttons on its menu
> > appear. If I launch it from someplace else and use the command:
> >
> > java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm.jar
> >
> > The buttons do not appear.
> >
> > The TreeForm folder contains a subfolder containing images of the
> > buttons. For some reason the application finds the folder when it is
> > launched from the command line inside the /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm
> > folder, but not if it is called from outside that folder.
> >
> > This is very strange, but it doesn't matter to me as long as I get the
> > buttons.
> >
> > I opened Alacarte to create a launch item. It launches, but without the
> > buttons. The command I started with was:
> >
> > java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar /home/jjj/Software/TreeForm.jar
> >
> > In an attempt to fix the problem, I changed the command to:
> >
> > cd /home/jjj/Software | java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
> >
> > Read more about the pipe (|) in Linux/Unix here -
> >     
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline_(Unix)
>
> Pipes are not what you want to use.
> You should write a shell script for launch. Lets say file Treeform.sh
> The  content would be :
> #!/bin/bash
>
> APP_HOME=/home/jjj/Software/
>   
> >     
> cd $APP_HOME
> java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
>
> #-- END --
>
> This way your application would have working directory of what you set and
> it would find images subdir in it.
>
>   
>
>   

I would not complicate matters.
Just go 'System - Preferences - Main menu' and then add the item to your 
menu.