Configure Linux to directly open a .nlogo file with NetLogo

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Create a symbolic link to netlogo in /usr/bin:

cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s ~/Downloads/netlogo-5.0.5/netlogo.sh netlogo
sudo updatedb


In the netlogo.sh file, override the default 'cd' command to point to the directory where the jar file (and the shell script) is:

cd ~/Downloads/netlogo-5.0.5
nano netlogo.sh


comment out the other cd command and add this:

cd ~/Downloads/netlogo-5.0.5


Now we need to get netlogo to show up as an option when we right click on a *.nlogo file and select "Open with Other Application":

cd ~/.local/share/applications 
nano netlogo.desktop

add something like this to the netlogo.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NetLogo  
Comment=I like turtles
Exec=netlogo %f
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=         
Categories=Awesome;
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=text/x-text;


Then find a nlogo file, right click, select "Open with Other Application", and netlogo should appear in the list.  Double clicking the file should directly open it in NetLogo.