Icon Launcher + .jar file

[Derek Broughton]

Dom Incollingo wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, you cannot execute a jar the same way that
> you
> would execute a script or an executable program.  You normally execute a
> jar
> file using the -jar option of the java program.  For example:
> 
> java  -jar  <jar name>
> 
> Or in your case,
> 
> cd  /home/gg/javascore/
> java  -jar  JavaScore.jar
> 

I'll bite.  Is Gnome really so primitive as to not be able to work that out? 
As far as _Linux_ is concerned, a jar is just as executable as a script.  
-- 
derek