wine users - Apr 2012 - Need help starting Plasma Pong

Alright, so I have no issues getting Plasma Pong started...as long as I run it
through the command line. ie:


Code:
wine "C:\Plasma Pong\Plasma Pong.exe"[quote]

That example works fine...as long as it's done in a terminal.

However, the game seems to not like being ran without a terminal. (I can't
just click on the .exe file to run it).

I'm wondering if there's a way to make a clickable icon that can start
the terminal, then start the game, then close the terminal once I'm done
with the game.

Also, I'm using Debian 64 bit Sid.[/quote]

On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 18:10 -0500, ImageJPEG wrote:
> Alright, so I have no issues getting Plasma Pong started...as long as
> I run it through the command line. ie:
> 
> 
> Code:
> wine "C:\Plasma Pong\Plasma Pong.exe"[quote]
> 
> That example works fine...as long as it's done in a terminal.
> 
> However, the game seems to not like being ran without a terminal. (I
> can't just click on the .exe file to run it).
> 
Probably not, because Nautilus assumes that the application will use a
GUI window.

You don't say which desktop you're using, but the Gnome launcher build
dialogue has a menu box labelled 'Type' that lets you select "Run
application in terminal". I assume the launchers used by KDE, XFCE, etc.
will have a similar capability, so try creating a launcher for Plasma
Pong and using it to run the game.
 

Martin