From: Frantisek F. <fu...@gm...> - 2005-02-17 14:51:43
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Hello there, I am new with ROX but I am also fairly new with Linux and I have the following problem: I have some old QuarkXpress files and I have short Linux binary which can convert them to html. I wanted to create a MIME-action so that clicking on *.qxd file converts it into html and opens it in firefox. I tried the following MIME-action for QuarkXpress files (which I succesfully created before): xpressCz2txt -v4 "$@" > /tmp/quark.html; firefox /tmp/quark.html Unfortunately, when I click on .qxd file, quark.html fie gets created succesfully but firefox does not open at all. No error message appears and Rox-Session log is empty... My second question (although this has probably something to do with XWindows, not ROX): Where do I configure how xterm looks when opened (colors, font)? I tried adding the config options after the "xterm" in the Rox-Filer configuration but these setting don't apply when I click on xterm shortcut on my toolbar. I originally installed ROX on top of XFCE4, if that's of any significance... Thanks -- Frantisek Fuka (yes, that IS my real name) (and it's pronounced "Fran-tjee-shek Foo-kah") My E-Mail: fu...@fu... My Homepage: http://www.fuxoft.cz My ICQ UIN: 2745855 FFFILM: http://www.fuxoft.cz/fffilm/ |
From: Ken H. <ke...@ha...> - 2005-02-17 16:12:48
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Frantisek Fuka wrote: >Hello there, > >I am new with ROX but I am also fairly new with Linux and I have the >following problem: > >I have some old QuarkXpress files and I have short Linux binary which >can convert them to html. I wanted to create a MIME-action so that >clicking on *.qxd file converts it into html and opens it in firefox. > >I tried the following MIME-action for QuarkXpress files (which I >succesfully created before): > >xpressCz2txt -v4 "$@" > /tmp/quark.html; firefox /tmp/quark.html > >Unfortunately, when I click on .qxd file, quark.html fie gets created >succesfully but firefox does not open at all. No error message appears >and Rox-Session log is empty... > The problem is that when ROX saves the command you entered it creates a shell script like this: #! /bin/sh exec one "$@"; two Unfortunately for you, the exec command replaces the current shell with the command (in this case 'one') and never gets back to the 'two' part. Your solution would be to write your own shell script and call that when you set the RunAction in Filer. |
From: Jonatan L. <th...@ho...> - 2005-02-17 16:25:06
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:22:36 -0800 Ken Hayber <ke...@ha...> wrote: > Frantisek Fuka wrote: > > >Hello there, > > > >I am new with ROX but I am also fairly new with Linux and I have the > >following problem: > > > >I have some old QuarkXpress files and I have short Linux binary which > >can convert them to html. I wanted to create a MIME-action so that > >clicking on *.qxd file converts it into html and opens it in firefox. > > > >I tried the following MIME-action for QuarkXpress files (which I > >succesfully created before): > > > >xpressCz2txt -v4 "$@" > /tmp/quark.html; firefox /tmp/quark.html > > > >Unfortunately, when I click on .qxd file, quark.html fie gets created > >succesfully but firefox does not open at all. No error message > >appears and Rox-Session log is empty... > > > The problem is that when ROX saves the command you entered it creates > a shell script like this: > #! /bin/sh > exec one "$@"; two > > Unfortunately for you, the exec command replaces the current shell > with the command (in this case 'one') and never gets back to the 'two' > part. Your solution would be to write your own shell script and call > that when you set the RunAction in Filer. or simply go to the already created script in ~/Choices/MIME-types and edit it so it reads #!/bin/sh xpressCz2txt -v4 "$@" > /tmp/quark.html exec firefox /tmp/quark.html /Jonatan -=( http://kymatica.com )=- |
From: Matthew W. O'P. <mwe...@gm...> - 2005-02-18 03:26:41
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:51:32 +0100, Frantisek Fuka <fu...@gm...> wrote: > I am new with ROX but I am also fairly new with Linux and I have the > following problem: > > I have some old QuarkXpress files and I have short Linux binary which > can convert them to html. I wanted to create a MIME-action so that > clicking on *.qxd file converts it into html and opens it in firefox. > > I tried the following MIME-action for QuarkXpress files (which I > succesfully created before): > > xpressCz2txt -v4 "$@" > /tmp/quark.html; firefox /tmp/quark.html > > Unfortunately, when I click on .qxd file, quark.html fie gets created > succesfully but firefox does not open at all. No error message appears > and Rox-Session log is empty... Make that into a shell script, and then call the shell script. My understanding is that ROX does something like eval "$@" on the string you pass it -- which basically precludes multiple arguments. > My second question (although this has probably something to do with > XWindows, not ROX): Where do I configure how xterm looks when opened > (colors, font)? I tried adding the config options after the "xterm" in > the Rox-Filer configuration but these setting don't apply when I click > on xterm shortcut on my toolbar. In your $HOME/.Xresources file. You may need to read the xterm manual. But, as an example, if you want your xterm to have white on black with a righthand scrollbar: XTerm*background: black XTerm*foreground: white XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true You can do similar things for aterm as well. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney mwe...@gm... http://weierophinney.net/matthew/ |