On 01/14/2016 02:29 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: > On 14/01/16 21:10, Larry Wyble wrote: >> >> When I right click Ibar and then "new Icon" and go through the motions >> of creating a new icon, it never appears on the Ibar. When I click >> apply and then close it there's nothing. I'v tried it several times and >> nothing.
Sometimes I have to go to the menu-enlightenment-restart for the new icons to take effect. Many times I will create a new desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ and drag it to the Ibar. Then just restart enlightenment for it to take affect (or is it effect? :)). > > I always get error messages about not having write access to > /usr/share/icons and /usr/share/enlightenment/icons when I add an icon > to an Ibar application (several of them are defective as they have no > icon). > > Of course, I never remember this bug, so the first time this happens on > a new install, I just chown myself those directories for a few minutes > while I fix the missing icons. And of course the first one I fix has to > be re-done, because the error message appears *after* e17 tried to write > the icon (and failed :-) > > Something is wrong in the assumptions somewhere, as end-users would not > normally have write access to those directories, so it's invalid that > e17 would expect to be able to write into them. > > Why are so many apps missing icons? Terminal is the most obvious... > > This is under Ubuntu 15.04 and 15.10, but it does htis under 14* as well. > > ///Peter > I always wondered about this to but don't know what the answer is except to make your own desktop files for the applications that do not have icons. Regards Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
