need launcher syntax help with caplock key killer

[Nick Schermer]

On 2012-03-05 03:38, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I care not for the Cap Lock key.  I can kill it from the command line
> using the following:
>
> setxkbmap -layout "$(setxkbmap -print | awk -F + '/xkb_symbols/
> {print $2}')" -option ctrl:nocaps
>
> But not from a launcher icon (KVM tends to turn it back on, so I made
> an icon to turn it back off).  I have been copying and pasting it 
> from
> the launcher to an xterm.
>
> So, I figure there is some ".desktop" syntax convention I am missing.
> Anyone know what that is?

You use a pipe, which is not supported by normal spawning. Put the line
in a script file and run the script from the launcher instead.

Maybe "sh -- setxkbmap..." works, but you should give that a shot in a
terminal.

Nick