[Bf-docboard] Linux/Windows installation content

Alex Heizer bf-docboard@blender.org
Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:55:20 -0600


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I use KDE. When I get home from work I'll send a howto for adding it to 
the Graphics menu, a Desktop link and a panel icon. Not sure about 
GNOME, but if nobody else volunteers to do one for GNOME by the time I 
get home, I'll learn and write up something for that too.

Alex


Karsten Dambekalns wrote:

>On Son, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:30:52 -0600, Alex Heizer wrote:
>
>>Cool work!
>>
>>On Linux, you can also open Nautilus or Konquerer and navigate to the 
>>blender folder and double-click the "blenderpublisher" icon, for those 
>>of us as lazy as I am.  :)
>>
>
>See attached diff...
>
>Anyone using KDE or Gnome? The part about adding this to the menus is
>still missing.
>
>Regards,
>Karsten
>
>
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>--- chapter_installation.xml	2003-01-06 16:44:59.000000000 +0100
>+++ chapter_installation.xml.new	2003-01-06 16:44:53.000000000 +0100
>@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@
> 					"blender".</para>
> 			
> 					<para>Blender is now installed and can be started on the command line
>-					by entering "/path/to/blenderpublisher" followed by pressing the enter key.</para>
>+					by entering "/path/to/blenderpublisher" followed by pressing the enter key.
>+					If you are using KDE or Gnome you can start Blender using your filemanager
>+					of choice by navigating to the Blender executable and (double-) clicking
>+					on it.</para>
>+
>+					<para>If you are using the Sawfish window manager, you might want to add a line
>+					like ("Blender" (system "blender &")) to your .sawfish/rc file.</para>
>+
> 				</section>
> 			</section>		
> 
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I use KDE. When I get home from work I'll send a howto for adding it to the
Graphics menu, a Desktop link and a panel icon. Not sure about GNOME, but
if nobody else volunteers to do one for GNOME by the time I get home, I'll
learn and write up something for that too.<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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Karsten Dambekalns wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">On Son, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:30:52 -0600, Alex Heizer wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Cool work!<br><br>On Linux, you can also open Nautilus or Konquerer and navigate to the <br>blender folder and double-click the "blenderpublisher" icon, for those <br>of us as lazy as I am.  :)<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap=""><!----><br>See attached diff...<br><br>Anyone using KDE or Gnome? The part about adding this to the menus is<br>still missing.<br><br>Regards,<br>Karsten<br></pre>
    <pre wrap=""><br><hr width="90%" size="4"><br>--- chapter_installation.xml	2003-01-06 16:44:59.000000000 +0100<br>+++ chapter_installation.xml.new	2003-01-06 16:44:53.000000000 +0100<br>@@ -130,7 +130,14 @@<br> 					"blender".&lt;/para&gt;<br> 			<br> 					&lt;para&gt;Blender is now installed and can be started on the command line<br>-					by entering "/path/to/blenderpublisher" followed by pressing the enter key.&lt;/para&gt;<br>+					by entering "/path/to/blenderpublisher" followed by pressing the enter key.<br>+					If you are using KDE or Gnome you can start Blender using your filemanager<br>+					of choice by navigating to the Blender executable and (double-) clicking<br>+					on it.&lt;/para&gt;<br>+<br>+					&lt;para&gt;If you are using the Sawfish window manager, you might want to add a line<br>+					like ("Blender" (system "blender &amp;")) to your .sawfish/rc file.&lt;/para&gt;<br>+<br> 				&lt;/section&gt;<br> 			&lt;/section&gt;		<br> <br></pre>
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