"Open With" & Launcher - WINE program

[Geonovast]

To start: Two computers I'd like to make this change on, one is LM18.2/MATE, the other is LM18.3/MATE

My favorite programming editor is Programmer's Notepad 2. Yes, I know there are "better" ones out there, but it's what I'm used to, and what I'm most comfortable in. Getting the program to run isn't an issue, it's a portable program that gets along with WINE just fine.

What I'd like to is:
1. Create an application launcher on my panel to launch the program. Just creating a launcher does nothing, since it has to open with WINE WIndows Program Loader
2. I'd like all .html, .php, .css, .js files to open with Programmer's Notepad 2 by default just by double clicking on them.

I'm assuming both of these have a similar process. Asking Google for help is just bringing me to a bunch of guides on how to install WINE and/or how to install programs in WINE.

[Flemur]

I open a lot of stuff with wine programs, and make wine programs "act like" regular linux programs, e.g. "foobar" (starts windows foobar2000 music player under wine).

Terminal:
$ foobar
$ foobar file-name.mp3
or
file-browser->double-click->open .mp3 and .wav with foobar by default

$ cat ~/bin/foobar

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#!/bin/sh

PAR=`winepath -w "$*"`

LOC=~/.wine/drive_c/pgms/foobar2000/foobar2000.exe

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
	wine "$LOC" &
else
	wine "$LOC" "$PAR" &
fi

exit 0

Explanation:
PAR=`winepath -w "$*"` converts the passed file-names to windows-like for the windows programs, so
/mnt/DATA/music/file.mp3 --> D:/music/file.mp3 (IF there are any params passed).

LOC=~/.wine/drive_c/pgms/foobar2000/foobar2000.exe is where the executable is. Usually this is the only part of the script I have to change to run a different wine program!

Also do:

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chmod +x ~/bin/foobar

2. I'd like all .html, .php, .css, .js files to open with Programmer's Notepad 2 by default just by double clicking on them.

Make a script like the above, then in your file browser, select that script as the default programs for those file types.

[Pierre]

Yeah - - both of these have a similar process:
How to launch a standalone Windows .exe
https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wik ... l/run_only
How to create a launcher icon for a Windows application
https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wik ... e_launcher

sure - that's using their Cx product but, the technique is similar when using ./wine itself.

[Geonovast]

Awesome! Worked perfectly!

Thank you so much. This will save me a lot of time.