how do I add a wine program to startup

[Susan365]

I am a newbie since May 1, 2014. I installed Linux Mint 16 XFCE on a partition sharing a computer with Windows 7.
I could not find a simple calendar similar to the one I had in windows, so I decided to add Wine and installed the calendar.exe program with no problems.
I want the calendar to startup on Workspace 2 when I sign on. Is this possible?

[kukamuumuka]

I have no Wine, but basically you can make a startup application by adding the launcher to ~/.config/autostart folder. An example:

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leafpad ~/.config/autostart/calendar.desktop

.. the contents

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[Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
 Name=Calendar
 Comment=Calendar for every day
 Exec=wine "C:\Program Files\somesolder_here\calendar.exe"

PS. you know better the program´s path. Wine forlder is a hidden file (Ctrl h shows).

[Flemur]

There is the "xfce4-datetime-plugin" :

"date and time plugin for the Xfce4 panel
This plugin shows the date and time in the panel, and a calendar appears when you left-click on it."

[TheDynamicHamza21]

I have no Wine, but basically you can make a startup application by adding the launcher to ~/.config/autostart folder. An example:

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leafpad ~/.config/autostart/calendar.desktop

.. the contents

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[Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
 Name=Calendar
 Comment=Calendar for every day
 Exec=wine "C:\Program Files\somesolder_here\calendar.exe"

PS. you know better the program´s path. Wine forlder is a hidden file (Ctrl h shows).

Not sure that does what Susan365 wants. The above creates and places a launcher on the desktop not start an application on a particular workspace.


@Susan365
Having program open at start up is easy to do with a simple ssh script but I'm unsure how define it to a particular workspace however this may help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3351 ... s-in-gnome

[Susan365]

Thanks for all the suggestions
Because I am a newbie I had to google what leafpad was and I learned it was an editor not a command
I like to learn something new about Linux everyday
so I pasted the script into the terminal and restarted Linux
I ended up with this forum page on startup
that's OK I am learning
So then the lightbulb went off and I downloaded leafpad and pasted the script into leafpad and restarted the Linux and got the leafpad window on startup
I have to play with it some more, but if it does not work out I still appreciate your help

[TheDynamicHamza21]

Thanks for all the suggestions
Because I am a newbie I had to google what leafpad was and I learned it was an editor not a command
I like to learn something new about Linux everyday
so I pasted the script into the terminal and restarted Linux
I ended up with this forum page on startup
that's OK I am learning
So then the lightbulb went off and I downloaded leafpad and pasted the script into leafpad and restarted the Linux and got the leafpad window on startup
I have to play with it some more, but if it does not work out I still appreciate your help

Leafpad is text editor for the LXDE desktop since you use XFce you should have mousepad installed,it should under accessories in the menu. There was no need to download and install leafpad. You can uninstall it (sudo apt-get remove --purge leafpad) or keep it it's up to you.

Furthermore, you shouldn't have a leafpad open on startup, you must have done experimenting or done something wrong.