Calling a plugin from the command line

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 15 22:16:37 CEST 2007


On 8/15/07, Stephan Arts <stephan at xfce.org> wrote:
> > > > Is there some way of calling a plugin from the command line?
> > >
> > > Any specific reason you want to do this?
> >
> > Yes: I do not like to have many icons in the panel.
>
> Well, for the sake of argument I will asume you mean the launcher-plugin.
>
> You can't and do not have to, you can add keyboard-shortcuts to in the
> keyboard-settings dialog. With these you can execute any command in
> the same way you would from the panel.
>
> If I am wrong, please correct me :)

Thanks, Stephan. The solution that you suggest is fine. However, it is
usually easier for me to remember the name of a command than a
keyboard sequence. A command line oriented solution would be better
for people like me... :-)

Paul



More information about the Xfce mailing list