[gobolinux-users] SymlinkProgram

[Andy Feldman]

On 4/23/07, tim wylie <timwylie at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was trying out some new window managers and kept getting errors and I
> realized it was because it couldn't find the program.  I ran SymlinkProgram,
> and it said it worked fine, but in .xinitrc I would still have to write the
> full path like exec /Programs/WindowLab/1.34/windowlab.
> I should just be able to write exec windowlab, is there another script I
> need to run to register it.

Executable files should be in the "bin" subdirectory of the program
folder: /Programs/WindowLab/1.34/bin/windowlab. If it was really just
in the program directory like your example above then SymlinkProgram
won't put it into the path.

If SymlinkProgram is working, the executable will show up at
/System/Links/Executables/windowlab.

> Also, since I can't login the gui as root, it won't let me drag and drop
> files.  I have to keep a root terminal open using chmod just to move stuff
> around.  Is this the default because a window manager is useless when the
> user has no priveleges to do anything?

I'm not sure what your question is, or what you're trying to do. Maybe
a more specific example would help. Will it let you drag and drop
files and folders that are owned by the same user account that is
running the window manager?