Re: Opening a gnome window from a shell

Michael DeBusk wrote:
Once in a while, I like to open a folder/directory window while I'm
working in a shell window. (Is there a better word for "window" when
working in Linux?) I can do this under OS/2 with a little bit of Rexx,
and under Windows with "start .".

Can I do this with Gnome? How about with KDE? If so, how?

Keep in mind that I've yet to learn any other scripting language but
Rexx, so if it involves a script I have to ask that it be explicit,
please. I *will* learn shell scripting soon.

Thanks for your time and expertise.

If you are in GNOME you should probably be able to type the command of
your file manager. Try "nautilus ." which requires GNOME (you can be
in KDE though), or "konqueror ." which requires KDE (again, you could
be in GNOME or some other desktop environment altogether)

--
Al Phi

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