Running Applications
The Run Application dialog gives you access to the command line. When you run a command in the Run Application dialog, you cannot receive output from the command.
To run a command from the command line perform the following steps:
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Open the Run Application dialog in any of the following ways:
- From a panel
You can add the Run Application button to any panel. See Section 4.3.2 ― Adding an Object to a Panel. Click on the panel button to open the Run Application dialog.
- Using shortcut keys
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Press Alt+F2. You can change the shortcut keys that display the Run Application dialog in the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool.
The Run Application dialog is displayed.
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Enter the command that you want to run in the blank field, or choose from the list of known applications.
If you enter only the location of a file, an appropriate application will launch to open it. If you enter a web page address, your default web browser will open the page. Prefix the web page address with http://, as in http://www.gnome.org.
To choose a command that you ran previously, click the down arrow button beside the command field, then choose the command to run.
You can also use the button to choose a file to append to the command line. For example, you can enter emacs as the command, then choose a file to edit.
Select the Run in terminal option to run the application or command in a terminal window. Choose this option for an application or command that does not create a window in which to run.
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Click on the button on the Run Application dialog.