[openbox] Difficulty running SLRN with the openbox menu

[Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 05:44:44PM +0000, Matt Smith wrote:
> <item label="SLRN">
>   <action name="Execute"><execute>rxvt -e slrn</execute></action>
> </item>
> 
> This works for all other CLI applications that I use but not for SLRN.
> When I type:
> 
> rxvt -e slrn
> 
> in a terminal window the program launches as intended.
> When I click on the menu item the RXVT window opens briefly then
> dissappears.
> 
> Has anyone seen this kind of behaviour before?

Try to use:

      <item label='SLRN'>
		<action name='Execute'>
			<execute>rxvt -e sh -c &quot;slrn&quot;</execute>
		</action>
      </item>

Of course change sh to your shell.

regards
fEnIo

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