Running shell scipts from GNOME

[Ian Puleston]

Thanks, but "Ask Each Time" is already selected. Just to be clear, the
problem is not that I do or don't want it to run in a terminal window -
the problem is that it should be running in a terminal window but
instead just times out displaying the hour-glass (with the error message
on the console).

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 21:58 +0200, Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
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> Ian Puleston wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have FC4 test 2 installed on my PC, so this could be a bug in that,
> > but I'd like to know if it's something that works OK in a stable release
> > (note I couldn't install FC3 due to a couple of bugs that are fixed in
> > FC4, hence the reason that I'm using the test release).
> > 
> > What I'm trying to do is have a shell script executed by double-clicking
> > the file icon in GNOME's Nautilus file browser. I have the following
> > simple shell script named tst.sh and with "+x" attributes:
> > 
> > #!/bin/sh -f
> > echo Hello there
> > read -p "Hit return: " tmpvar
> > 
> > The default action for this file under Nautilus is "Open with Terminal",
> > but when I double-click it or select "Open with Terminal" from its menu
> > I just get a spinning hourglass for 30 seconds or so. If I then return
> > to the main console screen (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I see the following warning was
> > reported:
> > 
> >    Invalid argument: /home/ian/ZPT Test/Results/r1-GS-hv/tst.sh
> > 
> > Ideas anyone?
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Goto Edit -> Preferences in any nautilus window; On the Behavior tab,
> select "Ask each time".
> 
> Now, when you double click any executable file, you'll be given a
> choice. Choose "Run in Terminal".
> 
> - -M
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