No, I don't make icons, though I have an icon I use only for
configuration files. I used an icon that came with LXDE.
Frequently used CLI tasks (cache cleaning, un/mounting drives, etc.) can
be built into a rotating menu. I use the "dialog" command (apt-get it)
to create a series of yes/no dialog boxes. This set of commands can be
placed directly in .bashrc (in that case, the dialog boxes will start up
with every new terminal), aliased, embedded in another script, or run
through the gui desktop. Lots of possibilities.
Jordan
On 12/30/2013 02:15 PM, Israel wrote:
Do you mean executing something like leafpad (geany/gedit, etc...) to
open the config file? I was talking more about CLI only apps... I
totally understand making a desktop file for a config file that you use
a lot.
Do you make icons for them as well?
On 12/30/2013 12:53 PM, Jordan wrote:
I've found it useful to create desktop files that point to
configuration files. I can't remember where these files are when I
need them most and I'm too lazy to use commands to track down the
files. I'd rather not create aliases or write up shell scripts when
desktop files are simpler to create for an ad hoc situation.
A gui (whatever your flavor) is there because it does certain things
better than the console. It's harder to visualize files spatially
without Thunar or similar gui file manager.
Jordan
On 12/30/2013 01:34 PM, Israel wrote:
<snip>
I will try to get an idea of where the major disconnect is here.
As Aere Greenway pointed out some time ago, some applications are
command line only, so I think some small percentage of these *could* be
related to that, but I also think making a desktop file for a non-GUI
app is almost pointless, at least for me. If I want to use grep, I
wouldn't want to launch it from the applications menu, unless it was
some sort of GUI app. I'd rather be able to pass arguments to it, and
flip back through the previous commands, use other things in a chain
with it, etc... Though there may be a small set of programs that might
be useful to run from the menu that are command line only
On 12/30/2013 09:03 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote:
E
E-Book Viewer (no icon)
Icon=calibre
EBView
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/ebview.xpm
Edfhed (no icon)
[Icon line missing completely]
EDFviewer
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/pymca.xpm
eFTE (no icon)
Icon=efte
Elementsinfo
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/pymca.xpm
Email-Reminder (no icon)
[Icon line missing completely]
Ember (no icon)
Icon=ember
EMBOSS Explorer (no icon)
Icon=emboss-explorer
Emerillon (no icon)
Icon=emerillon
Emilia Pinball
Icon=pinball.xpm
emu8051 (no icon)
[Icon line missing completely]
Esperanza (no icon)
Icon=xmms2
eToys
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/activity-etoys.xpm
Euler
Icon=euler-32.xpm
Evolvotron (no icon)
[Icon line missing completely]
ExpoBlending (no icon in menu, but shows on desktop)
Icon=kipi-expoblending
I'm working my way (alphabetically) through the Lubuntu Software
Center as I feel it's the likeliest way new users would install new
software. I've got it divided into (too) big and no icons on a webpage
table just because it's easier for me to understand/keep track that
way - and I figured it might be easier for others. It's currently in
my own Dropbox Public folder
[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4112637/Big-or-No-Icons-in-Lubuntu.html].
I can certainly put it on my server at computers4christians.org, but
didn't want to offend, detract, etc. Our C4C Lubuntu ReSpin isn't
officially connected with Canonical or Lubuntu. I also don't know
where/how to put it up anywhere else that would be better/more useful
for folks already working on these or similar issues.
Eric
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