From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 25 19:47:20 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54ECD98CFCB for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:47:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F9B8117C for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:47:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-233.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.233]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t5PJlGx1009005 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:47:17 -0500 Message-ID: <558C5AC4.1080800@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:53:31 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I add arbitrary stuff to XFCE tool bar ? References: <558B1991.6070607@hiwaay.net> <44oak4vcb2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <558B971E.9000009@hiwaay.net> <20150625193141.250db9f0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20150625193141.250db9f0@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:47:20 -0000 On 06/25/15 13:37, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:58:45 -0453 > William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> On 06/24/15 19:59, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>> "William A. Mahaffey III" writes: >>> >>>> xfce-4.12_1, FreeBSD 9.3R-p13 ? WHen I right click on the tool >>>> bar, I get only a (very) limited list of things to activate. TIA & >>>> have a good one. >>> One of that "limited" list is "launcher", which lets you add >>> anything that can be invoked from a command line. >> >> True, but it requires typing, i.e. leaving the mouse to type, a no-no >> for smooth GUI performance .... No biggie, I'm surviving now, > It must be hell. 1 day at a time ;-) .... > >> but >> having to resort to the kbd in a gfx environment is just .... >> *wrong* .... That's why I ask .... TIA (again) & have a good one .... > You can select the application from a menu after you've added > the launcher. IIRC you can also create a launcher automatically on a > panel by dragging a menu item from the main menu, or an icon from the > desktop. Problem is, the app I want (xcalc) isn't on the main menu ('Applications' button on my bottom tool bar/panel/whatever they call it) .... I'll try the 'add an empty launcher & then pick the app' & see how that goes. Thanks. -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.