Creating custom command/menu launcher

[JacquesKIK]

Hello!

I had a problem with viewing webcams on Skype, and after searching I found out that running Skype through the terminal with this command "export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype" makes the webcams work perfectly.

What I wanted to do was to integrate this command into the main menu so that I won't have to type it into the terminal (and thus keep the terminal open all the session) every time I want to use Skype.

So I edited the command of the Skype button in the Applications menu and put that line instead of "skype", but it gives me "Failed to execute child process "export" (No such file or directory)".

I tried editing .bashrc and added the following line:

alias skp='export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype'

Now the command 'skp' works through the terminal, but it gives me the same error message when I put it into the command line of the applications menu.

How do I work this out ?

Thank you.

[Kloschüssel]

create a script file with the commands you need and make it executable. then place it to a directory listed in

echo $PATH

and it should work. The most suitable directory will be /usr/local/bin/

[JacquesKIK]

Thanks for the reply Kloschüssel

But how exactly do I create that script file and make it executable ?

[elija]

Open a terminal

Create a text file with

sudo nano /usr/bin/local/myskype

put the following in it

#! /bin/bash
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype

and then make it executable by

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/myskype

Note you don't have to call it myskype

[JacquesKIK]

Thank you elija! That works

[JacquesKIK]

I've updated to Maverick (ubuntu 10.10) and now I'm trying to create this command again, but it doesn't work. When I try to save the file I created, it gives me:
[ Error writing /usr/bin/local/myskype: No such file or directory ]

Help please! Thank you...

[Kloschüssel]

[ Error writing /usr/bin/local/myskype: No such file or directory ]

/usr/local/bin <> /usr/bin/local