[PLUG] Time to learn how to do a script

[Matt Alexander]

John Jordan wrote:
> The person who told me about these two utilities also suggested 
> that I write a little script instead. He suggested:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> while true; do
>   xdpyinfo 2>&1 >/dev/null  ||  exit
>   soffice -quickstart
> done
>
> Nice of him to include the code, since I have zero programming 
> ability. But what do I do with the code? I assume I save it as a file 
> somewhere, but where? And does it need a specific extension? 
> And how do I make it run?
>
>   

Hi John,
I primarily use KDE, but a quick Google search brought this page up with 
information on how to autostart programs in Gnome:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Autostart_Programs

Whether you use KDE or Gnome, however, you'll need to create a file with 
your favorite text editor and paste in the script that was given to 
you.  A file extension isn't required, but since it's a shell script, 
you should give it a ".sh" extension to easily identify what type of 
file it is.  Put this file in a place such as /usr/local/bin.  Next, 
make the script executable.  So if you named the script ooquick.sh, for 
example, then you would run the command "chmod +x ooquick.sh" (or 
right-click the file in your file-browser and make it executable).
~M