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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 4.10 xsane and Application --> Run Program not working
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:14:27
Message-Id: 20120530131223.GB15436@syscon7.inet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 4.10 xsane and Application --> Run Program not working by Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
1 On 05/30/12 08:59, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
2 >On 30.05.2012 04:37, Joseph wrote:
3 >> On 05/29/12 19:23, walt wrote:
4 >>> On 05/29/2012 06:23 PM, Joseph wrote:
5 >>>
6 >>>> 2.) Application --> Run Program a windows pups up. When I
7 >>>> type: nano 1.txt
8 >>>>
9 >>>> Nothing happens.
10 >>>
11 >>> Please be more specific about 'nothing'. Does nano just close
12 >>> immediately with no error message? Does it hang forever until
13 >>> you hit ^C, or what?
14 >>>
15 >>> What do you see if you type 'which nano'? What about 'echo
16 >>> $PATH'?
17 >>
18 >> which nano gives me: /usr/bin/nano
19 >>
20 >> I can run nano from command line but when type nano + file name in
21 >> "Run Program" it should open that file but it doesn't, no windows
22 >> pops up.
23 >>
24 >
25 >Since I haven't installed XFCE it's a bit of guesswork: have you tried
26 >"xterm nano"?
27 >That works for me (I'm using gnome, though). You could also try to run
28 >a program with a gui (like firefox).
29 >I don't think that it ever worked for me to enter a shell command and
30 >actually see the result in a window.
31 >
32 >WKR
33 >Hinnerk
34
35 No, "xterm nano" doesn't work either.
36
37
38 --
39 Joseph

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