dosbox launchers

**paul1945** · July 5th, 2012

Is there any way to make different dosbox launchers in Ubuntu that will run different Dos programs from dedicated ".conf" files? In Windows the line C:\Program Files\DOSBox\DOSBox.exe -noconsole -conf "c:\Program Files\dosbox\wordfuge.conf" directs dosbox to use a modified ".conf" file called "wordfuge.conf" that launches a Dos program called "wordfuge.exe", rather than the default "DOSBox 0.73.conf".
I have tried for hours, but have had no luck with anything resembling the Windows link in an Ubuntu launcher; I can only do one of two things through a Ubuntu launcher, either open dosbox as a C: prompt and start the program of choice manually, or launch one single program through a modified "DOSBox 0.73.conf" file.

**mastablasta** · July 5th, 2012

have you tried DBGL : http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/

you might need Sun Java .: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java to run it

in the past you had to use it but i am not sure if it is sitll necessary with 12.04. good luck.

**Marric** · August 12th, 2012

The following works fine for me on Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome 3.

Create a .desktop file (using Terminal)

Code:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/tetris.desktop

Paste the following code and change it to your needs

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=/path/to/tetris.ico
Name=Tetris
Exec=dosbox /home/user/dosprogs/Tetris/TETRIS.EXE -noautoexec -conf /home/user/dosprogs/wherever/dosbox.conf -exit -fullscreen

DOSBox options:

file
Open a file or mount a directory
Make sure to write the complete path of the file (.com .exe .bat), do not use the tilde (~) and remember that Linux is case-sensitive.

-noautoexec
Skips the [autoexec] section of the loaded configuration file. eg to mount a certain directory.

-conf
Allows you to enter the path to the configuration file of your choice.
When you start a game for the first time, dosbox will automatically create a dosbox.conf file in the game's directory.

-exit
Will close dosbox when you quit the game.

-fullscreen
I had trouble to start games in fullscreen mode when this option was not placed at the very end of the command line.

For more information

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