KDE File Associations and Java

[sherington]

Hi,

 

This is driving me mad. I've googled and still can't get any further.

 

I want to be able to create a file-type association for Java .jar files so that I can execute a jar file simply by clicking on it in the desktop (specifically KDE). In addition, I don't want a terminal window to appear.

 

I know where to go to edit file associations in Konqueror settings, but I'm struggling with configuring the execution string.

 

To launch a jar file, I normally do this in konsole:

 

/home/java/jre/bin/java -jar nameofjarfile.jar

 

So presumably I need to do something like:

 

/home/java/jre/bin/java -jar <some-special-token-to-substitute-the-file-name>

 

The problem is I can't find an explanation of what substitution token I'm supposed to use anywhere! %c, %U %m, what?

 

Any help will be appreciated, thanks!

[!nkubus]

quick fix:

 

first make a link :

create a directory named bin on your home directory then type something like:

 

ln -s /home/java/jre/bin/java /home/bin/java

 

then:

 

click right on your .jar file and open with ...

 

write in the top drop down box : java -jar

 

and click on the check box on the bottom of the screen where it says remember this file association (or something similar)

 

hopes this help :)

Edited November 7, 2003 by !nkubus

[sherington]

Thanks Inkubus.

 

(I already had the symlink in place.)

 

Your suggestion worked perfectly, i.e. just put "java -jar" in there.

 

I suppose I was guilty of trying to over-complicate things. I presumed I'd need to use a file-name substitution token or something in the execute string, like %f %m %n or whatever. I still haven't found any information on what those tokens are, but at least now I can launch my Java applications very easily now.

 

Thanks for your help.