[xubuntu-users] From Kubuntu to Xubuntu but what's what?...

[Vincent]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp at ttlc.net>wrote:

>
> It would appear that on Feb 18, Charlie Kravetz did say:
>
> > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:34:30 -0500
> > "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp at ttlc.net> wrote:
> > > I wonder, does xubuntu's help make it easy to discover the actual
> > > command line name of any applications -<snip>-
> >
> > You can always look in /usr/share/applications for the menu item, open
> > the file in mousepad, and read what the "exec=" says the executable
> > file is.
>
> You seem to be a veritable resource of common sense Charlie. I bet that
> idea could have saved me from some aggravation when I was first learning
> the "names" of the apps I currently use often enough to be worth the
> effort... Though in my case the sequence would be to open mc in an xterm,
> cd to /usr/share/applications and look at the appropriate file with less or
> vim depending on my mood. That way I avoid the frustration of dusting off
> the rodent to deal with another gui app, just to do a text based task.
>
>
I believe you can also use Applications->Acessories->Application Finder (or
AppFinder) for that, though that might no longer be the case with the most
recent version. Furthermore, I think the command for displaying the menu is
xfce4-popup-menu (and for the Places menu xfce4-popup-places).


> Thanks again!
>
>
Best,
-- 
Vincent
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