dosemu kde app link

dosemu kde app link

[Norman Schmidt Jr]

Hi,
Using dosemu 1.1.4.0, freedos kernel 1.1.28, Im trying to set up a kde 
application link to call dosemu and run the emulated DOS app in one 
click. The command:
xdosemu -D-a -I 'keystroke " C:\\DIR\\SUBDIR\\APP.EXE\r"'
works perfectly when typed manually in a xterm, but if I create a kde 
app link using the same command at the "command" property, it just does 
some "hourglass work" in the app bar and closes.
Changing the "Run in a terminal" app link property does not change the 
behaviour.
Changing the command to use dosemu instead of xdosemu opens the xterm, 
but dies with the famigerated "line 496 parse error"
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Norman

Re: dosemu kde app link

[Reinhard Karcher]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:02:07PM -0300, Norman Schmidt Jr wrote
> Hi,
> Using dosemu 1.1.4.0, freedos kernel 1.1.28, Im trying to set up a kde 
> application link to call dosemu and run the emulated DOS app in one 
> click. The command:
> xdosemu -D-a -I 'keystroke " C:\\DIR\\SUBDIR\\APP.EXE\r"'
> works perfectly when typed manually in a xterm, but if I create a kde 
> app link using the same command at the "command" property, it just does 
> some "hourglass work" in the app bar and closes.
> Changing the "Run in a terminal" app link property does not change the 
> behaviour.

I created a shell script containing the line above and started the
script with kde.

> Changing the command to use dosemu instead of xdosemu opens the xterm, 
> but dies with the famigerated "line 496 parse error"

Change to the latest dosemu (1.1.4.13) or remove the '#' from the
$_video line in dosemu.conf or .dosemurc.

Reinhard

Re: dosemu kde app link

[Ryan Underwood]

(The original reply bounced, so I'm resending it.)

hi,

> Using dosemu 1.1.4.0, freedos kernel 1.1.28, Im trying to set up a kde 
> application link to call dosemu and run the emulated DOS app in one 
> click. The command:
> xdosemu -D-a -I 'keystroke " C:\\DIR\\SUBDIR\\APP.EXE\r"'
> works perfectly when typed manually in a xterm,

I've never had much luck trying to stuff more than a few keystrokes into
dosemu.  The better strategy would be to put the command to execute as the
-E parameter to dosemu, and then run "unix -e" in your dosemu's autoexec.bat.

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253