[Novalug] launch perl script from ubuntu desktop

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Tue Jun 26 09:51:28 EDT 2007


On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Ben Creitz wrote:

BC >> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 18:28 -0400, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
BC >> > ubuntu seems a little weird about launching perl from a desktop
BC >> > icon.
BC >> >
BC >> > i did not web searching and found someone elese who could not make a
BC >> > launcher in the expected way. they said they were going to ask at the
BC >> > ubuntu site but I searched the ununtu site and failed to find an
BC >> > answer.
BC >> >
BC >> > so:
BC >> >
BC >> > anyone have any idea how to make a desktop launcher for a perl program
BC >> > in ubuntu.
BC >
BC >If this is a launcher, and not the icon representing the program
BC >itself, try the option for "run in console" if there is one.

tried that: console opens very briefly and closes.

These are perl-tk scripts which have gui parts.

BC >
BC >ben
BC >

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