Re: Basic Gnome/Enlightenment help

[Matt Armstrong <matt lickey com>]

On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 02:14:09PM -0400, Federico Mena Quintero
wrote:
> >  2. If I create a new launcher icon on the desktop (for
> >  emacs!), I find that when the application starts the current
> >  directory is ~/.gnome-desktop/.  This is a bit annoying with
> >  emacs - I'd like it to start in my home directory.  Is there
> >  any way to specify the initial directory?
> 
> The reason it works like this is so that if you create files
> from within the application you run, they will appear in your
> desktop afterwards.  I understand that this is not always be
> the best policy.
> 
> As a semi-bad hack, you may want to create a little shell
> script that switches to the directory you want and then runs
> Emacs.  Put the script in your ~/.gnome-desktop.

You can also just make the command you run "cd $HOME && emacs" in
the launcher's properties.

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matt - http://www.lickey.com