[Novalug] Xubuntu 14.04 problem - menu launch programs that run in terminal

Beartooth beartooth@Beartooth.Info
Sun Nov 30 09:26:35 EST 2014


On Sat, 29 Nov 2014, Bonnie Dalzell via Novalug wrote:

> this is the one that exists as custom-MailReader.desktop
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> NoDisplay=true
> Version=1.0
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Type=X-XFCE-Helper
> X-XFCE-Category=MailReader
> X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=alpine "%s"
> Icon=alpine
> Name=alpine
> X-XFCE-Commands=alpine
>
> but I cannot get alpine to open
>
> the error is
>
> Failed to execute default Terminal Emulator.
>
> Input/output error.
>
> any ideas

 	I simply keep a terminal in the upper left corner of my 
workspace switcher, with several tabs open, all the time. One tab 
is Alpine. (It's running 24/7, but so what?)

 	That means, when I want to get at my email, one click on 
the workspace switcher, then one on the Alpine tab.

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