substitution in launcher command

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:56:54PM +1000, Lloyd Hazlett wrote:
> Not sure if this is a bug or if there is a really obvious reason why it 
> shouldn't work, but substitutions are ignored in the command for a 
> launcher on the panel. I'm trying to do this:
> rdesktop -u $USER ... so that my poor users are spared from having to 
> enter their username again.
> 
> Is this possible?
> 

Well, not directly, the panel is not a shell, so it doesn't do variable
substitution.

You could try using this: /bin/sh -c "rdesktop -u $USER"

	Jasper