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Article #54098Re: Running Programs......
From: Zebee Johnstone
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00
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On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 12:43:14 +1100, Matthew Croughton <mcc@thepla.net> wrote:
> I have installed Red Hat 4.2 and it all works perfectly. Yay! But how do
>i run programs in X windows that arn't in the 'start' menu? Also for that
>matter in the text screen? Thanks a lot!
>
Fire up an xterm and type the name of the program. If it lives
in your path (type echo $PATH to see that) then the program
will run. Same in the text screen. If it doesn't live in the path,
then type the path as well, like /usr/games/progname. if it
is in your current directory, type ./progname.
You can add stuff to the menu by playing with the window manager
config file, probably .fvwmrc. if it isn;t that then
do ls -a in your home dir and look for files starting with a
. and ending with rc. One of those is the config
for your window manager.
GO through it, and you will find the lists of things on the menu.
THink about what you see and how to add stuff will be obvious.
--
Zebee Johnstone (zebee@zip.com.au) Proud holder of aus.motorcycles Poser Permit #1.
"You don't own an Italian motorcycle
- you merely have the privilege of paying its bills."
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