HELP! PDF objects - How to create a program line object?

Question

Hi Experts,
I would like to know how to create a Program lines object (icon cog wheels). I need to create additional coding inside the context tab but when I try to right click on a folder --> create -->graphic,address,text,alternative...single record... No
program lines can be created.
Hope someone could help me.
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer 1

There are two ways of doing it, depending on what you want to accomplish. Both require that you edit the file ~/.bashrc (I assume you use bash)
1) If the application places all the executable files in a given directory (let's say /opt/Application/bin/), you can access all those executables directly by simply telling your shell where to look (in the same way the shell automatically looks for executable files in eg. /usr/bin). In ~/.bashrc, you would have to add a line that looks like this:
PATH="$PATH:/opt/Application/bin"
2) If you just want to make a traditional "shortcut" that executes a given command, this can be done with alias. Add this command to your ~/.bashrc:
alias shortcut="some command"
In this case, typing shortcut into a terminal will be interpreted just like if you had typed some command instead.
In order to try out these changes, either restart your terminal or run this command:
source ~/.bashrc
[EDIT]
I was obviously beaten to it
Last edited by Peanut (2009-05-26 23:12:47)