Ubuntu Launcher

Rigved Rakshit r.phate at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 07:47:19 UTC 2011


>
> Hi
>
> >> Anybody knows how to replace the 11.10 Launcher for the 11.04 Pulldown
> Menu?
> >
> > You can't.  If you have programs you use regularly you can fix them to
> > the launcher by opening them and right clicking the icon in the
> > launcher and selecting Keep in Launcher (or something similar).
> > Alternatively if you know the name of the app you want to run, hit the
> > Super (windows) key to bring up the dash and start typing the name of
> > the app.  After three or four characters it should find the one you
> > want and once it is first in the list you can just hit enter to run
> > it.  So for example to run the calculator I hit Super then cal and
> > enter and it is runs.
>
> Can I at least modify the command line of each launcher? Say I wish to
> pass an argument to Firefox each time I launch it, where do I go to
> edit the path of the Mozilla icon?
>

You can create a shell script, which calls firefox with the necessary
arguments. Save this script on the desktop. Make sure that it is
executable. Then, everytime you double-click it, select "Run" in the
dialogue box that appears.

Save the following sample as firefox.sh. After you have saved it, make sure
that is executable.

Sample Shell:

#!/bin/bash

firefox --argument1 --argument2 --argumentn
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