I have some Java apps that I have been perfectly happy launching manually from a terminal (I don\'t need to clutter up my apps tab with only seldom used icons). I wrote a script in /home/zaurus to make them easier to get to. Essentially I use bash \"select\" to choose either SD or CF (I have apps on both), \"cd\" to the right .../java/ directory and source another bash script to choose among the classes there. As I said, I was happy to do it that way until I read the following in the HowTo section of this forum:
The more flexible way
To make it so that you can tap a script in the Document/Files tab and it will launch in the terminal, follow the instructions below:
1) Install the latest version of Embedded Konsole
2) Edit the file /home/QtPalmtop/etc/mime.types and if it does not have an entry for \"application/x-sh\" then add the following line
application/x-sh sh
3) Edit the Embedded Konsole desktop icon file, which is usually /home/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/embeddedkonsole.desktop, and add the following lines:
MimeType = application/x-sh
MimeTypeIcons = konsole/Terminal
4) Restart Qtopia
5) Create a shell script anywhere where it will be visible on the Documents/Files tab, give the it the filename extension \'.sh\', and make sure it is executable with the command:
chmod a+x myscript.sh
Then when you tap the script file in the Documents/Files tab it will launch within the Konsole application. It is important that you give the script file a \'.sh\' filename extension as that is how it is associated with the Mime Type application/x-sh and that in turn is associated with the Embedded Konsole application.
I thought that sounded like it would be worth a try. Now I can \"launch\" my script from the file menu but it just brings up the terminal; it does not run my script (i.e., give me the menu). Just in case it matters, this is the script, javapps.sh (it runs fine from the terminal if I type \". javapps.sh\")
. chprmpt
select dir in cf card;
do
cd /mnt/$dir/QtPalmtop/java
break;
done
. appmenu.shAny hints what I\'m doing wrong?
