Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[vovchik]

Dear puppians,

Vifm is an ncurses-based file manager http://vifm.sourceforge.net/index.html. The pet was requested today by forum member Rattlehead. It is the latest version (0.61). The pet creates a menu entry in File/system/File Managers, although I can't get the vifm.desktop file to launch from the menu. It does launch in a default terminal if the desktop file is clicked. I compiled it in Lucid. Any advice?

With kind regards,
vovchik

[maxerro]

[DPUP5520]

maxerro I was gonna say the same thing, that should work

[vovchik]

Dear guys,

I tried rxvt -e vifm but gut an unwanted console session. Any way to avoid that type of launch?

With kind regards,
vovchik

[DPUP5520]

thought that's what you were trying to do, what exactly are you trying to have happen when you click on the pet, I downloaded your pet and added rxvt -e to the exec line and deleted the tryexec line and it launched just fine inside a urxvt terminal just like I assume it should or are you trying to do something else?

[DPUP5520]

crap nevermind I just read that it is ncurses-based, eh I can be so ignorant sometimes.

[maxerro]

vovchik - a bit more specific... what would be a "wanted console session"?

If you have a declared TERM variable with some other terminal emulator set as default, then it should start with:

Exec=$TERM -e vifm

Most terminal emulators have an -e option for execution.
And delete the TryExec line...

[DPUP5520]

Another quick thought which prob wont work, try changing terminal=true to terminal=false

Maxerro its ncurse based meaning it doesn't need a terminal to run in even though its a cli app

[`f00]

How about from a run/cmd-box like gexec, fbrun, etc? Yah if it's standalone it should.

Thanks for (yet another) fm - they handy and like text editors there's one for every niche..

[boolean]

i compiled vifm-0.7.0 in 5.2.5 ,added some compatibility with puppy's file type handlers ,and a desktop icon