Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of Howto

Timestamp:

06/06/10 23:43:20 (3 years ago)

Author:

patspam

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Howto

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 = How to run Padre from a GNOME launcher =
 
-Using padre in a GNOME launcher doesn't work in case the Perl modules needed by Padre are installed in a user specific directory, for example by using local::lib.
+When you run Padre from your terminal, your shell environment influence what path the "padre" command is resolved to ($SHELL), what @INC path Perl uses ($PERL5LIB), etc..
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+This is particularly important if you have Padre installed in a user specific directory, such as under ~/perl5/bin/padre if you are using local::lib.
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+When you run Padre from a GNOME launcher, shell environment variables that come from scripts such as ~/.bashrc are not loaded, and hence a naive launcher using "padre" as the command will result in an error because the command will not resolve to the correct location.
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 A simple workaround is to create a bash script which uses local::lib (or sets the PERL5LIB environment variable by some other means) and then calls padre:
 
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-TODO: improve the details here
+If you are using a fancy dock system such as Docky, you may experience the annoying behaviour that when you click on your Padre shortcut, a second icon appears (with a low-res Padre icon) representing the running Padre process, rather than the Padre shortcut recognising that the new process belongs to it and displaying a marker to indicate that the shortcut is running. You can solve this by running the following steps:
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+* Remove any existing shortcuts/launchers you have previously created for Padre
+* Create a launcher bash script as described above, and save it somewhere in your $PATH, such as /usr/local/bin/padre
+* Execute /usr/local/bin/padre from your terminal. Padre will launch with a low-res icon. Close Padre
+* Add a new GNOME Menu item using the following settings:
+** Name: Padre
+** Command: /usr/local/bin/padre
+** Icon: /home/patspam/perl5/lib/perl5/auto/share/dist/Padre/icons/padre/64x64/logo.png
+* Execute /usr/local/bin/padre from your terminal. Padre will launch with a high-res icon. Right-click on the icon and choose "Pin to Dock"
+* Henceforth, you can run Padre without the annoying Dock behaviour by clicking on the persistent Padre icon in your Dock or alternatively by using your  GNOME launcher
 
 = How to create a dialog using wxWidgets =