1999-02-04 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>

* gdesktop.c (desktop_icon_info_open): Run "execute" if the file
	is an executable.  I forgot that gmc_open does not test for
	executable-ness.

gnome/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-02-04  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* gdesktop.c (desktop_icon_info_open): Run "execute" if the file
+	is an executable.  I forgot that gmc_open does not test for
+	executable-ness. 
+
 1999-02-04  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@redhat.com>
 
 	* gnome-file-property-dialog.c (apply_uid_group_change): Bug fix.

gnome/gdesktop.c

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "gdnd.h"
 #include "gpopup.h"
 #include "../vfs/vfs.h"
-
+#include "main.h"
 
 /* Name of the user's desktop directory (i.e. ~/desktop) */
 #define DESKTOP_DIR_NAME "desktop"
@@ -799,10 +799,15 @@ desktop_icon_info_open (DesktopIconInfo *dii)
 
 	if (S_ISDIR (fe->buf.st_mode) || link_isdir (fe))
 		new_panel_at (filename);
-	else
-		gmc_open_filename (filename);
+	else {
+		if (is_exe (fe->buf.st_mode) && if_link_is_exe (fe))
+			my_system (EXECUTE_AS_SHELL, shell, filename);
+		else
+			gmc_open_filename (filename);
+	}
 
 	file_entry_free (fe);
+	g_free (filename);
 }
 
 void