Yes. Actually the 2 bugs you mention and 'mine' are all the same. The only reasonable way to get a 'viable' icon in the Unity launcher is to create a quicklist (*.desktop) file. This is true for SlickEdit, Eclipse, Skype, and many more applications. (!) Additional issue, that should be inserted under the same umbrella: Sometimes, a stupid notification window of the style "Could not open a file" creates its own icon in the launcher. This icon can be "kept in launcher". As expected, clicking this icon launches nothing.
Generally, the "Keep in launcher" thing is broken, because - there are many applications it cannot 'catch' - there are applications it should not catch, and it does - in any case you cannot configure anything more than trivial functionality - pressing the mouse wheel should open a new instance of the same application, but many applications require commandline parameters to open another instance, rather than activate the existing one - you cannot configure it. Should I go on ? Thanks, Andrey Gelman On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Gary M <984...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Is this a duplicate of bug 753305 or bug 765466? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984968 > > Title: > SlickEdit cannot create fully functional icon on Unity bar > > Status in Unity: > New > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > I run the famous (proprietary) code editor: SlickEdit (with license). > Run from the desktop shortcut, or from the commandline, it creates the > icon on Unity bar, that behaves Ok. > However, if I select "keep in launcher", the icon will stay, but it will > not be able to actually launch something. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 > Package: unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 > Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 > Architecture: amd64 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,mousepoll,regex,vpswitch,snap,gnomecompat,place,wall,move,resize,imgpng,animation,expo,session,workarounds,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell] > Date: Wed Apr 18 17:38:30 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 > (20111011) > SourcePackage: unity > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-03-26 (23 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/984968/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984968 Title: SlickEdit cannot create fully functional icon on Unity bar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/984968/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
