I don't see anything wrong with it at first glance. See http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/.
Clayne > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of jack craig > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:09 PM > To: Spencer, Bob > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Adding an icon for an application on disk > > [Desktop Entry] > Name=SongBird > Type=Application > Exec=/home/jackc/SongBird/songbird > GenericName=MP3 Player > Terminal=false > Icon=hornsey > Caption=Mp3 player > X-KDE-StartupNotify=false > Categories=Application;Media;Audio > > this is the real entry (last xfer did a wrong line wrap, dont want that > to confuse the response, thx... > > > > > jack craig wrote: > > creating this entry in /usr/local/share/applications makes it show up > > under other, > > but clicking on it fails to launch. > > > > do you see any problem with the content? i was > > trying to extrapolate from neighboring files, ... > > > > debug suggestions? tia, jackc... > > > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Name=SongBird > > Type=Application > > Exec=/home/jackc/SongBird/songbird > > > GenericName=MP3 Player > > Terminal=false > > Icon=hornsey > > Caption=Mp3 player > > X-KDE-StartupNotify=false > > Categories=Application;Media;Audio > > > > > > > > jack craig wrote: > >> Thx very much Bob, > >> > >> I dont mean to be a bad hijacker, its just that for some reason, i > >> cant send a new post > >> from this address, only from my linuxlighthouse domain. > >> > >> I appreciate your time, jackc... > >> > >> Spencer, Bob wrote: > >>> These don't seem like related questions at all. So I changed the > >>> subject and I'll answer the easy one. > >>> > >>> Create a .desktop file. Put it in > >>> /usr/local/share/applications/<.desktop file> Look in that > >>> directory for other exapmles. Point the Exec value to the location > >>> of the program on your system. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> ________________________________________ > >>> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >>> jack craig [[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:04 PM > >>> To: Kok, Auke-jan H > >>> Cc: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Identifying the Moblin desktop environment > >>> > >>> In somewhat related query, how would i setup a click able app icon > >>> for app that i download to, for exmaple, ~/songbird. > >>> > >>> docs are found where???? > >>> > >>> tia, jackc.. > >>> > >>> > >>> Kok, Auke wrote: > >>> > >>>> Robison, Clayne B wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> How does one determine at runtime if an application is running in > >>>>> the moblin > >>>>> desktop environment? Is there an env var that software can query > >>>>> to determine > >>>>> that the desktop (and tools and env) are Moblin/Moblin compliant? > >>>>> Something > >>>>> similar to GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> There currently isn't. Can you explain why you would need such a > >>>> thing? If it > >>>> makes sense, I can see about adding this to uxlaunch.... > >>>> > >>>> Auke > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Moblin dev Mailing List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > >>>> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > >>>> http://moblin.org once logged in. > >>>> > >>>> For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > >>>> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Moblin dev Mailing List > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > >>> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > >>> http://moblin.org once logged in. > >>> > >>> For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > >>> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Moblin dev Mailing List > >> [email protected] > >> > >> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > >> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > >> http://moblin.org once logged in. > >> > >> For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > >> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Moblin dev Mailing List > > [email protected] > > > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > > > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. 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