visual evidence of launch in progress

aallaan · 2007-02-27 12:33:30

Is there a way in xfce4 to give visual evidence of a program that is in the process of launching? For example, changing the cursor to that program's icon, or showing the program in a unique way on the task list, etc.

weibullguy · 2007-02-27 13:47:31

Tell it to use startup notification in the properties or the *.desktop file.

aallaan · 2007-02-27 23:08:54

Hi weibullguy,

I brought up the right-mouse menu on the launcher icon, clicked on "Properties" on that menu, and checked the box next to "Use startup notification". But I don't see any difference when I launch the program. What sort of launch notification should I be expecting?

BTW, the icon is for firefox. But the command line in the launcher says:

"exo-open --launch WebBrowser"

Just in case that is relevant...

Where would the *.desktop file would be? I looked around but have not found a firefox.desktop or anything similar.

Thanks for any help

Nick · 2007-02-28 08:07:15

You have to edit the firefox.desktop file, exo-open is just a convenience starter for web browsers, terminals and email clients.
The visible stuff of SN is the tobbler/wait cursor.

weibullguy · 2007-03-01 14:13:27

aallaan wrote:

Hi weibullguy,
I brought up the right-mouse menu on the launcher icon, clicked on "Properties" on that menu, and checked the box next to "Use startup notification". But I don't see any difference when I launch the program. What sort of launch notification should I be expecting?

You should expect the "hourglass" or whatever cursor your theme uses to denote it is busy (mine looks like a wristwatch).

aallaan wrote:

Where would the *.desktop file would be? I looked around but have not found a firefox.desktop or anything similar.

This specification will help you get started looking for *.desktop files http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-s … index.html. I would be remiss if I didn't point out Application Finder (http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-appfinder/) to locate applications with *.desktop files. Of course, the venerable find command works pretty darn good too.

When you find firefox.desktop, you may need to edit it to include startup notification. This specification http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standar … entry-spec should help you with that task. If you don't have a firefox.desktop file, this spec will also help you create one with the proper format.

aallaan · 2007-03-01 14:21:51

Thanks to everyone. Since the launcher was pointing to exo-open, the "busy cursor" indication was very brief (not extending through the launching of firefox). Now I am launching firefox directly and I get a "busy cursor" until firefox is displayed.

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visual evidence of launch in progress

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