homemade launcher in lxpanel

[dawnlove]

I've managed to make a launcher in /usr/share/applications. (lubuntu 11.4) to open/close optical drive. But it will only work if you open "/usr/share/applications" and click on it. It does not show up in menu and of course I can't choose it in lxpanel. Any help would be great

this is my launcher

[Desktop Entry]
Name=eject
Type=Application
Comment=eject close
Icon=/home/dove/icons/eject.png
Exec=eject
Exec=eject -T
Categories=Utility;
#NoDisplay=true

[MG&TL]

http://standards.freedesktop.org/men...egory-registry

"Utilities" should be "Utility"-should now show up in 'Accessories'.

[dawnlove]

http://standards.freedesktop.org/men...egory-registry

"Utilities" should be "Utility"-should now show up in 'Accessories'.

I believe I had that right and it didn't show up in 'Accessories"

[Dennis N]

Suggestions:

Use full path to the executable after "Exec="
Have only one "Exec=" line.

[dawnlove]

Suggestions:

Use full path to the executable after "Exec="
Have only one "Exec=" line.

would that look like?
"Exec=eject && eject -T"?

the launcher works great from "/usr/share/applications" with two "Ejects" it just won't show up in menu

[dawnlove]

would that look like?
"Exec=eject && eject -T"?

the launcher works great from "/usr/share/applications" with two "Exec=" it just won't show up in menu

to get launcher to both open and close I need two Exec='s

[Dennis N]

I'm thinking Two Exec lines may not conform to the .desktop file specification, and that possibly is why it's not showing up in the main menu.

From the specification:

The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments

Exec=<path to executable>Name <optional arguments>

[Dennis N]

to get launcher to both open and close I need two Exec='s

You did make a shell script, right?

Exec= should be followed by the path to and name of the shell script.

The script itself would contain your eject and eject -T commands.

[dawnlove]

You did make a shell script, right?

Exec= should be followed by the path to and name of the shell script.

The script itself would contain your eject and eject -T commands.

a little over my head (shell script) although http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch02sec01.html
makes it seem like I could. the problem with this when I make my launcher with only one "Exec=" it still doesn't show in menu ether and my (two Exec)launcher will work from "/usr/share/applications"

[Dennis N]

Tested this and it shows up in the menu (accessories):

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Icon=shellscript
Name=Ejector
Comment=Eject a CD	
Categories=Utility;
Exec=eject
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false

and works to open the tray. Adding the second "Exec=" did nothing - it was ignored.

I saved it as ejector.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications/

If it was more complex, a shell-script would be in order, but eject is a built in command so it works anyway.

Good Luck.