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I was using indicator-stickynotes command in Startup applications which worked fine. I modified it to sleep 30;indicator-sticknotes. I read this in different articles and even on this site. But this isn't working for mine.
It was like:
I modified it to:
19.04 startup-applications
edited May 11 at 14:28
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I was using indicator-stickynotes command in Startup applications which worked fine. I modified it to sleep 30;indicator-sticknotes. I read this in different articles and even on this site. But this isn't working for mine.
It was like:
I modified it to:
19.04 startup-applications
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
asked May 11 at 13:20
Prabesh BhattaraiPrabesh Bhattarai
3139
1
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– DK Bose
May 11 at 13:42
@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 14:19
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@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
– Kulfy
May 11 at 14:23
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I was using indicator-stickynotes command in Startup applications which worked fine. I modified it to sleep 30;indicator-sticknotes. I read this in different articles and even on this site. But this isn't working for mine.
It was like:
I modified it to:
19.04 startup-applications
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
asked May 11 at 13:20
Prabesh BhattaraiPrabesh Bhattarai
3139
I was using indicator-stickynotes command in Startup applications which worked fine. I modified it to sleep 30;indicator-sticknotes. I read this in different articles and even on this site. But this isn't working for mine.
It was like:
I modified it to:
19.04 startup-applications
19.04 startup-applications
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
asked May 11 at 13:20
Prabesh BhattaraiPrabesh Bhattarai
3139
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
asked May 11 at 13:20
Prabesh BhattaraiPrabesh Bhattarai
3139
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
edited May 11 at 14:28
Kulfy
6,06372449
6,06372449
asked May 11 at 13:20
Prabesh BhattaraiPrabesh Bhattarai
3139
asked May 11 at 13:20
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3139
asked May 11 at 13:20
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@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
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2
@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
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@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 14:19
2
@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
– Kulfy
May 11 at 14:23
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I think you have enough reputation on this site to use the image uploading facility by clicking on the image icon about the area for composing your question or answer. Doing so, will display your images correctly.
– DK Bose
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@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
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May 11 at 14:19
@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 14:19
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2
@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
– Kulfy
May 11 at 14:23
@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
– Kulfy
May 11 at 14:23
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Whenever startup applications are defined, it creates a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart. So, it's a desktop entry which is responsible for launching an application at startup.
On a typical command line (terminal) you can use one of the following to execute two commands.
sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 && indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 & indicator-stickynotes
But desktop entries are very much different from the command line. According to Desktop Entry Specification:
The Exec key
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
Therefore only one command can be used in Desktop entries. Since you are using two commands, it'll eventually result in errors. Either desktop entry will fail to launch the application or the second command will be considered as an argument to the first command.
You can use sh/bash as a command for this, like:
sh -c "sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes"
As pointed out by ElementW in one of their comment, sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
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sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynoteswould save a little memory and a PID, sinceshis otherwise only waiting onindicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy Insh -c, obviously, since 1. I mentionshwould be waiting and 2.execis a shell built-in and.desktopfiles launch processes, not shell command lines. Also,exec, notenv, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.
– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
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Whenever startup applications are defined, it creates a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart. So, it's a desktop entry which is responsible for launching an application at startup.
On a typical command line (terminal) you can use one of the following to execute two commands.
sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 && indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 & indicator-stickynotes
But desktop entries are very much different from the command line. According to Desktop Entry Specification:
The Exec key
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
Therefore only one command can be used in Desktop entries. Since you are using two commands, it'll eventually result in errors. Either desktop entry will fail to launch the application or the second command will be considered as an argument to the first command.
You can use sh/bash as a command for this, like:
sh -c "sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes"
As pointed out by ElementW in one of their comment, sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
6,06372449
1
sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynoteswould save a little memory and a PID, sinceshis otherwise only waiting onindicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy Insh -c, obviously, since 1. I mentionshwould be waiting and 2.execis a shell built-in and.desktopfiles launch processes, not shell command lines. Also,exec, notenv, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.
– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
add a comment |
Whenever startup applications are defined, it creates a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart. So, it's a desktop entry which is responsible for launching an application at startup.
On a typical command line (terminal) you can use one of the following to execute two commands.
sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 && indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 & indicator-stickynotes
But desktop entries are very much different from the command line. According to Desktop Entry Specification:
The Exec key
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
Therefore only one command can be used in Desktop entries. Since you are using two commands, it'll eventually result in errors. Either desktop entry will fail to launch the application or the second command will be considered as an argument to the first command.
You can use sh/bash as a command for this, like:
sh -c "sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes"
As pointed out by ElementW in one of their comment, sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
6,06372449
1
sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynoteswould save a little memory and a PID, sinceshis otherwise only waiting onindicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy Insh -c, obviously, since 1. I mentionshwould be waiting and 2.execis a shell built-in and.desktopfiles launch processes, not shell command lines. Also,exec, notenv, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.
– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
add a comment |
Whenever startup applications are defined, it creates a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart. So, it's a desktop entry which is responsible for launching an application at startup.
On a typical command line (terminal) you can use one of the following to execute two commands.
sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 && indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 & indicator-stickynotes
But desktop entries are very much different from the command line. According to Desktop Entry Specification:
The Exec key
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
Therefore only one command can be used in Desktop entries. Since you are using two commands, it'll eventually result in errors. Either desktop entry will fail to launch the application or the second command will be considered as an argument to the first command.
You can use sh/bash as a command for this, like:
sh -c "sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes"
As pointed out by ElementW in one of their comment, sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
6,06372449
Whenever startup applications are defined, it creates a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart. So, it's a desktop entry which is responsible for launching an application at startup.
On a typical command line (terminal) you can use one of the following to execute two commands.
sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 && indicator-stickynotes
sleep 30 & indicator-stickynotes
But desktop entries are very much different from the command line. According to Desktop Entry Specification:
The Exec key
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
Therefore only one command can be used in Desktop entries. Since you are using two commands, it'll eventually result in errors. Either desktop entry will fail to launch the application or the second command will be considered as an argument to the first command.
You can use sh/bash as a command for this, like:
sh -c "sleep 30; indicator-stickynotes"
As pointed out by ElementW in one of their comment, sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
6,06372449
edited May 12 at 4:11
answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
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answered May 11 at 13:42
KulfyKulfy
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sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynoteswould save a little memory and a PID, sinceshis otherwise only waiting onindicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy Insh -c, obviously, since 1. I mentionshwould be waiting and 2.execis a shell built-in and.desktopfiles launch processes, not shell command lines. Also,exec, notenv, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.
– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
add a comment |
1
sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynoteswould save a little memory and a PID, sinceshis otherwise only waiting onindicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.
– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy Insh -c, obviously, since 1. I mentionshwould be waiting and 2.execis a shell built-in and.desktopfiles launch processes, not shell command lines. Also,exec, notenv, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.
– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
1
1
sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
sleep 30; exec indicator-stickynotes would save a little memory and a PID, since sh is otherwise only waiting on indicator-stickynotes, its child process, to terminate, and serves no other purpose.– ElementW
May 11 at 16:48
@Kulfy In
sh -c, obviously, since 1. I mention sh would be waiting and 2. exec is a shell built-in and .desktop files launch processes, not shell command lines. Also, exec, not env, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@Kulfy In
sh -c, obviously, since 1. I mention sh would be waiting and 2. exec is a shell built-in and .desktop files launch processes, not shell command lines. Also, exec, not env, which is essentially a no-op when called with no args within a shell.– ElementW
May 11 at 18:31
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW Your command: sh -c "sleep 18; exec indicator-stickynotes" also work. I just tried it on mine.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 23:45
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
@ElementW I was little bit sleepy while writing the comment. I mistyped exec as env :-P. By the way thank you for pointing out that. That was a fair point. I've added what you said in my answer :)
– Kulfy
May 12 at 4:12
add a comment |
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@DKBose i don't want to annoy the people by making the post length, so... i did that.
– Prabesh Bhattarai
May 11 at 14:19
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@PrabeshBhattarai There's nothing like annoying people with length of the post. We hate length of post when they include irrelevant statements like: I am new to Linux, I know nothing about it. Please help. I don't know what to do, etc.. There are many posts which are of more than 1000 words but they contain relevant details.
– Kulfy
May 11 at 14:23