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[chaynes]

I have tried a script named myprog:
exec urxvt -bg blue -fg white -geometry 80x25 -e myprogname

I have also put an icon on the desktop to execute the script myprog.

I got most of the script info from googling various places. Click the icon, nothing happens.

I am not Linux Script oriented; background is in DOS Batch programming.

Can someone point me to what I need to read about how to solve
this problem.

I am running Puppy Slacko 5.3 on a HP Pavlion Desktop about 10+
years old, and Puppy is running perfectly. I can execute my above
program from within xterm console easily; just want to start it with
a desktop icon click.

Thanks for any pointers.
chaynes

[saintless]

If I understand right you just need to change the permissions of the script to make it executable. Right click on it and you will see option to change the permissions.
A attach an archive with example of your script. Extract it and put it where you like. Edit the script with the program you need. In the script I use qcad for testing. Then make a link or copy the file to the desktop. It should work to start the program from desktop.

[npierce]

Assuming that myprogname needs to run in a terminal (since your script starts urxvt), in addition to setting the execute permissions (as described above by saintless) you may also need the -hold parameter so you can see the output before the window goes away.

[chaynes]

Thanks, saintless & npierce, for your help.
I am slowly getting there, and your info helped.

chaynes

[npierce]

You're welcome. Good luck with your program.

[tallboy]

Hi chaynes, where do you keep the script? Is it in a directory that is in the path?

[chaynes]

Thanks, tallboy.
Your script has given me something to chew on.
I would really like to find documentation that explains the various option
codes that you used. My knowledge of Linux commands and shell script
commands is virtually nil. My background is mostly Windows/DOS/DOS
Batch programming, and the last few years writing programs in Euphoria
for the DOS & Windows platforms. I have just recently switched over to
Puppy Linux, and am in the process of converting my Euphoria DOS platform
programs to Euphoria Linux platform.

My biggest problem is going from DOS Batch programming to Linux scripts.

Any pointers to help in my conversion from Windows to Puppy Linux will be greatly appreciated.

[tallboy]

Puppylinux is a small distro, and is left no space for documentation, while the big ones like Debian, have gigabytes of documentation in several formats, my favorites are the 'info'-files. However, most Linux commands has a help-file, 'rxvt --help' in a console window will give you most of the essential options to 'rxvt'.

There are tons of Linux documentataion right under your fingertips, like for example: 'man rxvt' in a console window will open a linux manual page for 'rxvt', in Dillo or another browser.
From the rxvt manual:

-sb|+sb
Turn on/off scrollbar; resource scrollBar.
(can be confusing: if scrollbar is not default, +sb turns it on, if it is default, +sb turns it off!))

-fn fontname
Main normal text font; resource font. (9x15 is a size as well as name)

-geometry 120 wide, 46 high, 70 in from left edge 80 down from top edge

-bg = background color -fg = foreground color

-e htop &
start htop in a new rxvt window, in the background. If you start an application with it's command in a console window, the application closes when you need to use another command, or if the console window closes, if put in the background by adding a '&', you may perform other tasks in the console window wiythout killing the application.

Here is something for you to chew on, chaynes, put on a large pot of coffee and start reading! The first manual in this link will give you all you need, but take a look further down the list, both 'A Hands on Guide' and 'Command-line Tools Summary' are real eye-openers even to old Linux users, there are some very essential other guides here too! This is THE source for me!

http://tldp.org/guides.html

Here is another source to man-pages: http://www.linuxmanpages.com/ Massive!

Start reading, sometime next week (or the one after that!) you'll be an expert!

(when you come from DOS, just wait until you understand 'piping' of a command's output into other commands as many times as necessary, then you'll suddenly realize the power of linux...)

tallboy

[chaynes]

tallboy, I think you have given me exactly what I have been looking for!
Now, as you suggested, it is time to start reading.
Thank you so much for your help.

[tallboy]

You have a pm

tallboy