| brainwash | you should be able to set everything up via "ibus-setup" | 00:00 |
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| xubuntu24w | Ok, thanks | 00:01 |
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| visone | howdy | 13:13 |
| xubuntu61w | Hi! I'm trying to run a command as a shortcut to open a .jar file, and it opens a window in Terminal, but it never runs. | 13:38 |
| brainwash | xubuntu61w: and the command is? | 13:42 |
| diogenes_ | drum roll :) | 13:53 |
| xubuntu61w | Oh sorry, wasn't here. Here's the command: | 13:53 |
| xubuntu61w | java -jar RuneLite.jar --mode=OFF | 13:54 |
| diogenes_ | so when you run it in terminal it works? | 13:54 |
| xubuntu61w | Yes, as long as I'm in the same directory as the file. | 13:55 |
| diogenes_ | make a .desktop file with: Exec = sh -c "cd /path/to/directory && java -jar RuneLite.jar --mode=OFF" | 13:55 |
| xubuntu61w | What does that do exactly? It marks the shortcut as an executable, it goes to the same directory as the file is in, and then runs it? | 13:57 |
| diogenes_ | yes but in that .desktop file you have to include some other info | 13:57 |
| xubuntu61w | What else is necessary? | 13:58 |
| diogenes_ | xubuntu61w, wait | 14:00 |
| diogenes_ | i will give you the info | 14:00 |
| xubuntu61w | Aight. | 14:00 |
| diogenes_ | ok run: touch ~/.local/share/applications/myjava.desktop | 14:03 |
| diogenes_ | tell me when done | 14:03 |
| xubuntu61w | Do I add that in Terminal or the shortcut? | 14:05 |
| diogenes_ | yes in terminal | 14:05 |
| diogenes_ | run that command | 14:05 |
| xubuntu61w | I did that, it didn't show anything else. | 14:06 |
| diogenes_ | now run: mousepad ~/.local/share/applications/myjava.desktop | 14:06 |
| diogenes_ | it will open a document | 14:06 |
| xubuntu61w | Yeah, it ran a blank text file. | 14:06 |
| xubuntu61w | opened* | 14:06 |
| diogenes_ | into that document | 14:07 |
| diogenes_ | you paste the following: | 14:07 |
| diogenes_ | https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/mYx9fMxD8K/ | 14:07 |
| diogenes_ | BUT instead of /path/to/directory you write your actual path to the application | 14:07 |
| xubuntu61w | Terminal is showing this: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Fs2jP4NRvc/ | 14:09 |
| diogenes_ | you paste that into the blank document | 14:10 |
| diogenes_ | save and close the document | 14:10 |
| xubuntu61w | Done. | 14:11 |
| diogenes_ | ok now run: cat ~/.local/share/applications/myjava.desktop | nc termbin.com 9999 | 14:11 |
| diogenes_ | share the link here | 14:11 |
| xubuntu61w | https://termbin.com/iyzt | 14:14 |
| diogenes_ | ok now to double check if it works, in a new terminal run this: cd /home/andre/Downloads/ && java -jar RuneLite.jar --mode=OFF | 14:15 |
| diogenes_ | and tell me if it starts your game | 14:15 |
| xubuntu61w | Yeah, it's working now. | 14:17 |
| diogenes_ | ok close the app, and in the terminal run: chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/myjava.desktop | 14:17 |
| diogenes_ | tell me when done | 14:17 |
| xubuntu61w | Done. | 14:18 |
| diogenes_ | now open the menu and look for My Java App | 14:18 |
| diogenes_ | start it | 14:18 |
| diogenes_ | it should be in Games | 14:18 |
| xubuntu61w | Yeah, it's running. | 14:19 |
| diogenes_ | great, one more thing, if you want a custom icon for it, you just change Icon = xfce4 to Icon = /path/to/myicon.png | 14:19 |
| xubuntu61w | Good to know that. By the way, what is the proper directory for those kind of apps. I know on Windows it is Programs and then either x84 or AMD64. | 14:20 |
| xubuntu61w | But which is it on Linux? | 14:21 |
| diogenes_ | you can store it in /home/$USER/bin | 14:21 |
| diogenes_ | but as well as anywhere else, i'd usually make a special folder in ?Documents | 14:22 |
| diogenes_ | /Documents* | 14:22 |
| xubuntu61w | It's working now, thanks! But how did you learn all of those things? | 14:24 |
| diogenes_ | you're welcome, 5 years of linux only :)) | 14:24 |
| diogenes_ | of course i was helped by other people and i always took notes of all the useful commands so i recomment you to take notes too | 14:25 |
| xubuntu61w | I've been running Linux for nearly a year, without counting on and off, I still find the commands rather daunting. | 14:25 |
| xubuntu61w | It's a bit difficult understanding how they get put together. | 14:25 |
| knome | the "best" way to replace icons is to create your own icon theme in ~/.icons, and within that, inherit the "real" icon theme you want to use | 14:25 |
| diogenes_ | all the stuff we have done in the terminal, you could have done without terminal, just clicking on things, but i find terminal way faster | 14:26 |
| knome | this isn't the most trivial way, but this way the customization is portable and you don't have to worry about other packages updating/overwriting the .desktop files | 14:26 |
| knome | of course you can create those .desktop files in your ~ too, but then you lose all the potential updates to those | 14:26 |
| knome | (not that this is a huge issue, but... if you're replacing more icons, the custom icon theme way starts paying off quickly) | 14:27 |
| xubuntu61w | Where's icon's folder btw? | 14:28 |
| knome | ~ = /home/youruser/, so the ~/.icons directory is /home/yourusername/.icons | 14:29 |
| knome | it might not exist; simply create it in that case | 14:29 |
| knome | creating the icon theme itself is the not-so-trivial part | 14:30 |
| knome | in that directory, create a subdir for your theme | 14:30 |
| knome | then in that subdir, create a file called index.theme, and populate it with something like this: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/V4SK9j43Ht/ | 14:31 |
| knome | note that in this theme i'm only replacing emblems, and you'll need to list the directories you wish to replace icons in | 14:31 |
| knome | after that it's mostly providing icons of the correct name (see examples from themes in /usr/share/icons) in the listed directories | 14:32 |
| xubuntu61w | I'm getting a bit confused now. Can't I do "Edit Application" and then add the icon file from there? | 14:32 |
| knome | yes, you can do that too. | 14:33 |
| xubuntu61w | Does it read .ico files? Because I can't select this one. | 14:33 |
| knome | i'm not sure, but if it doesn't read.. then likely not | 14:34 |
| xubuntu61w | Btw, which is the default icon resolution on Xubuntu? | 14:35 |
| knome | various optimized resolutions are provided. | 14:35 |
| xubuntu61w | So if I can, I should just download them all then? | 14:36 |
| knome | if you are replacing an icon with a custom one, you can only select one size; in this case i would suggest you use the biggest possible size (and in vector, if possible) | 14:37 |
| xubuntu61w | SVG, for example? | 14:42 |
| knome | yes | 14:46 |
| xubuntu61w | Aight, I'll be on my way now, if I need anything else I'll just check it out. While Linux has its own quirks, you eventually get used to the way things are done. | 14:47 |
| xubuntu61w | Thanks! | 14:48 |
| knome | indeed. good luck and have fun :) | 14:52 |
| knome | and no problem! | 14:52 |
| Spass | I'm experiencing a strange behavior of Window Buttons on Cosmic recently, sometimes it doesn't update tight away and the buttons a | 21:03 |
| Spass | sorry | 21:04 |
| Spass | have a space between them, see here -> https://i.ibb.co/2PLfBf7/panel-refresh.png | 21:04 |
| Spass | is that a known issue? | 21:04 |
| Spass | after a few seconds it refreshes and it's ok again | 21:05 |
| brainwash | Spass: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14627 | 21:08 |
| ubottu | bugzilla.xfce.org bug 14627 in Window Buttons "Panel window buttons stop updating" [Normal,New] | 21:08 |
| Spass | thanks, will look at that | 21:09 |
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