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[malimbar04]

Like a good fan, I installed the new Ubuntu 11.04 recently. The new interface (and new default apps) are actually really awesome. However, the new-ness of the interface means that it is rough around the edges.

I have no idea how to add a DF launcher to the side panel. Does anyone else know how?

[ILikePie]

Just drag and drop it in the panel?

[Sergius]

I hate the new gnome interface. Unity is it called? I hate it, hate hate hate hate hate it.

Yeah I don't have anything objective to say about it. I just hate it. The way you scroll to find apps... I don't even know why those icons show by default. Looks very half-assed to me. I like the idea of a video accelerated menu bar but this is just... feels hacked together in a rush.

The rest is nice tho. Specially running on Classic.

[malimbar04]

Just drag and drop it in the panel?

tried, but it doesn't recognize it as a launcher. Instead it recognizes it as a file, which the side bar doesn't do squat with.

[Ampersand]

Like a good fan, I installed the new Ubuntu 11.04 recently. The new interface (and new default apps) are actually really awesome. However, the new-ness of the interface means that it is rough around the edges.

I have no idea how to add a DF launcher to the side panel. Does anyone else know how?

Are you using the script launcher or wine to lauch Dwarf Fortress?

[malimbar04]

script launcher. Using wine just feels like a backwards way to play the game.

[ILikePie]

You can always make a small c program to run the script for you, though, there should be a better way to run it.

[malimbar04]

You can always make a small c program to run the script for you, though, there should be a better way to run it.

haha, that does sound like a really weird way to do it. It could be a fun project to learn from though?

[ILikePie]

Not really. It's actually rather simple, something like this should do:

Spoiler: launcher.c (click to show/hide)

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#include <stdlib.h>
int main ()
{
    system("/path/to/script.sh");
}


Compile with "gcc -o launcher launcher.c".

Using a program to run a script that runs a program... :-P

[malimbar04]

I did that, but it doesn't load into the sidebar immediately. I figure I need to follow the folder structure to put a .desktop file (or whatever it is) into some system folder. It's just a matter of looking it up on google to figure out how to do that.