How to edit icon.lnk to start xterm/bash?

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: How to edit icon.lnk to start xterm/bash?
started by: I went to bed very late

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Posted by I went to bed very late on April 09 2006,11:31

Hi,
I messed up my icons

Now I can't start xterm anymore. What's the start comand for xterm which must be placed into the xterm.lnk?
Is it rxvt or bash or /usr/bin/bash or /usr/bin/xterm or ...

I tried "find" and edited the xterm.lnk often but overall unfortunately I haven't got it to work yet.

I would be grateful for any ideas

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Posted by mikshaw on April 09 2006,15:38

xterm and rxvt are both links to aterm, so any of those three commands will work.

It could simply be "aterm", or it could be more specific with "aterm -e /bin/bash".  The second one is really only necessary if you happen to change your $SHELL variable, or want to open aterm with a different shell than bash.

If the file you edited was not in /home/dsl/.xtdesktop, then you are probably editing the wrong file.

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Posted by I went to bed very late on April 09 2006,17:09

I think it was the correct file. I also tested the comand which is entered for xterm in ~fluxbox/menu. I' ll try another time.

I overwrote the original file (and the icon) with an older backup file (and also with an older version icon). (Why did I do that GRRRR!)
I checked the permissions afterwards.

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