local apps question

[David Groos]

Hey Dave,

While I sure don't understand the commands below (a guy who helped me set up
localapps did this and I never figured it out), I've gained some experience
messing around with them.  For an app to launch as a localapp from an icon
(either located on the desktop or embedded in the top panel bar), there has
to be the proper command associated with the icon.  To find where that
command is and see if it's correct, right click on the icon and select,
'properties'.  Then, look at 'Command' field.  To get Firefox 3.5 to boot as
a localapp I have to have this command entered just like this:
xprop -root -f LTSP_COMMAND 8s -set LTSP_COMMAND "firefox-3.5 %u"

If I just have the following command entered, it will launch the (system
default?) older, Firefox 3.0.x version:
xprop -root -f LTSP_COMMAND 8s -set LTSP_COMMAND "firefox %u"

To get the application, CmapTools to launch as a localapp I've got to
provide the client's local address--ie the address on the chroot--of the
executable I want to launch:
xprop -root -f LTSP_COMMAND 8s -set LTSP_COMMAND "sh
/usr/lib/IHMC_CmapTools/bin/CmapTools"

Hope that helps your situation.  Wish I knew what these commands meant!
David

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:45 AM, David Hopkins <dahopkins429 at gmail.com>wrote:

> If I launch the application from the menu, it runs locally. However, if I
> right-click and add the launcher to either the desktop or the panel, the
> application runs on the server.  So ... can I simply modify the Desktop
> launcher to run ltsp-localapps Application and get the expected behavior?
> Is this the correct way to run a local app if not launched from the menu?
>
> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
>
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