\ in wineshelllink?

Bernhard Mogens Ege bme at miba.auc.dk
Mon Feb 5 04:43:38 CST 2001


>>>>> "Eduardo" == Eduardo Costa <ecosta at tpk.com.br> writes:

> Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
>> 
>> I was wondering if KDE handles desktop shortcuts differently than
>> Gnome. I installed Netscape 4.7 and got a link on my Desktop that
>> looks like this:
>> 
>> [Desktop Entry]
>> Name=Netscape Communicator
>> Exec=wine "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Netscape.exe"
>> Type=Application
>> Comment=
>> Path="C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program"
>> Icon=/home/bme/.gnome/apps/Wine/Netscape Communicator.xpm
>> 

> What about using the Netscape 4.75 for Linux ? It's more useful and
> bug-less.

No it isn't. On RedHat 7.0 it crashes extremely often. Sometimes I
have to use the windows/wine Netscape which is reasonably stable.

> Anyway, try changing "\" to "\\" in "Exec=" line.
> If it doesn't work, try the unix-like path (something like
> "/mnt/windows/Program Files/Netscape/...").

"\" should be "\\\" but the absolute unix-path also works. It was just 
that the windows path was given and with only one "\" between each
path element. Three "\" are necessary (I have tried two "\" but that
wouldn't work).

Bernhard



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