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awyrennwr
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 Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:35 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Running programs with options as default |
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I need to run anki with the option -b so that the default folder location changes to where I want it to be. I tried to set an alias which works when launching from a terminal but does not work when using dmenu in i3.
Is there a way I can get anki to always run with the -b option when opening it from dmenu?
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steveL
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Running programs with options as default |
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| awyrennwr wrote: | I need to run anki with the option -b so that the default folder location changes to where I want it to be. I tried to set an alias which works when launching from a terminal but does not work when using dmenu in i3.
Is there a way I can get anki to always run with the -b option when opening it from dmenu? |
Yeah just have a wrapper script somewhere in your PATH, before the real program, that does:
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exec /usr/bin/anki -b "$HOME/blah" "$@" |
or the like (idk what option you need, nor where the binary lives.)
/usr/local/bin should be in your PATH before /usr/bin for this sort of thing, or you can add $HOME/bin in your shell startup script, on a multi-user machine.
Either way chmod +x /usr/local/bin/anki (or whatever path you use). |
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awyrennwr
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Brilliant, works perfectly now. Thanks a lot for the quick reply |
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steveL
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You're welcome :-)
(it's always nice to get thanked :) |
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