Opening a set of apps

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 05/04/2010 03:06 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> ...
>> I decided to see if I could find any actual .desktop files on my system.
>>
>> jfb at jfb-ubuntu64:~$ locate *.desktop
>> /etc/skel/examples.desktop
>> /home/jfb/examples.desktop
> ...
>
> Remove the asterisk, but use '| more' as you're going to get a "lot" of
> output :-)

Old habits die hard. :)  Yeah there is a ton of them.

> $ locate .desktop | more
>
> Use the spacebar to go to the next page.
>
> You might also:
>
> $ ls ~/.local/share/applications
> $cd ~/.local/share/applications
> $ cat<appname>.desktop
> example for the last:
> :~/.local/share/applications$ cat seahorse.desktop
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=Passwords and Encryption Keys
> Comment=Manage your passwords and encryption keys
> Exec=seahorse
> Terminal=false
> Type=Application
> Icon=seahorse
> Categories=GNOME;GTK;Security;Utility;
> StartupNotify=true
> X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
> X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=seahorse
> X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
> X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.26.1
> X-GNOME-DocPath=seahorse/seahorse.xml
> X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=seahorse
>

OK thanks, now I have some concrete examples to look at.

Thanks,  Jim