Neil Lathwood’s Blog

Been spending a bit of time setting my 3e up just how I like it - that happens to be basic mode using the default installed Xandros OS.

I’ve been installing some extra software from the extra debian repos so that the little blighter will do everything I need it to Anyway, I like to have a shell (terminal/console) open so that I can edit files, connect to other systems via SSH etc. As default you can just hit CTRL+ALT+T for an xterm window and that is probably how I would launch it all the time but I thought I’d have a go at modifying the standard desktop and add it as an Icon/Application launch in the Work section of the desktop - hey it worked

Now, edit the file /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc

You can put this next bit of code anywhere within the <simpleui> </simpleui> tags but I put it just below the Notes application. So, do a search for Notes and then below the </parcel> tag for this application, paste this config:

<parcel simplecat="Work" extraargs="/usr/bin/xterm"
icon="xterm_norm.png"
selected_icon="xterm_hi.png">
<name lang="en">Terminal</name>
</parcel>

Save the file and when your ready, restart your X display by doing CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. Your new program should now appear in the work folder using icons that already exist on your system. If you want to have a go at replacing the icons with your own then in the directory /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher re-place the following files:

xterm_norm.png
xterm_hi.png
accessibility_xterm_hi.png
business_xterm_hi.png
home_xterm_hi.png
student_xterm_hi.png

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