On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 11:15 +0200, A.J. Venter wrote:
> >
> > That's highly distribution-specific. There are some efforts to make a
> > standard, though.
> >
> > For Fedora: install the desktop-file-utils. Make a desktop-file (see an
> > example in lazarus/install/gnome.ide.desktop) and then run desktop-file-
> > install desktopfile.desktop. (this also makes a kde-icon and menu-entry)

> KDE and gnome will both check /usr/share/applications/ for desktop files, so 
> that's where your desktop file should go, to prevent inter-distro issues, 
> install your icon picture somewhere global as well, and set a full path in 
> the desktop file.

That won't work. Since all desktop-files are cached, this will only work
after a restart of gnome/kde or something.

So I would say: use the script, and don't place the files yourself.
(With the script you can also add categories, to place the menu-entry in
the right place)

Joost.


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