I did that but now it opens immediately with my text editor gedit and I do not want to change that as the default editor for script files. The file now reads #!/bin/bash firefox http://www.something.com On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:18:04 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Mi, den 29.12.2004 schrieb Gentian Hila um 15:09: > > > I created a text file that opens a url like this with gedit: > > > > firefox http://www.something.com > > > > Changed the permissions to execute but when I double click I see a > > window that asks me if I want to run in terminal or cancel or run the > > program. > > > > I want to make it open that website immediately as I double click the file. > > Missing the shebang line. As first line in the script file add > > #!/bin/bash > > or whatever interpreter you prefer. > > Alexander > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp > Serendipity 15:16:24 up 6 days, 17:00, load average: 0.22, 0.41, 0.43 > > >