starting a console program from DE

[GNU_man]

Anyone know how to start a console based executable from within the Graphical Destop Environment? e.g. KDE

What I'm trying to do is make a console program run at startup by opening a shell window, can't seem to figure it out. I tried googling for answers but couldn't find any!

[a thing]

Put a .desktop in ~/.kde/Autostart

[GNU_man]

I've done that already, but the part i'm stuck with is starting _console_ programs which do nothing when clicked.

[techieMoe]

I've done that already, but the part i'm stuck with is starting _console_ programs which do nothing when clicked.

I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want a terminal window to open up when you boot and run a console program? If so, you can make a shell script and put it in your .kde/Autostart directory like a thing suggested. Say for instance you wanted to start 'top'. Create a file and chmod it so it's executable. In the file, put this:

xterm -e top

Then stick the file in your .kde/Autostart.

[a thing]

Konsole also has the -e option.

[GNU_man]

Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for!

...I got it working now. It was a text mode console program that I wrote with Free Pascal that I wanted to run on startup. :P