Re: integrating python applications in the gnome desktop

[Emmanuel Pacaud <emmanuel pacaud univ-poitiers fr>]

Le dimanche 15 octobre 2006 à 14:44 +0100, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro a
écrit :
> On Dom, 2006-10-15 at 12:32 +0200, Alfonso wrote:
> > I hope this is the right place for this question, sorry if it is not. I 
> > have googled quite a lot, and couldn't find any tutorial or information 
> > related with how can I install my python programms in the gnome desktop. 
> > I'm making programs using python and pygkt. What I would like to do is 
> > installing them, so that they can be executed just like any other 
> > application in the applications menu. If I try to execute a python 
> > program by double click in gnome it appears the dialog asking if I you 
> > want to show the content of the file or executing it. I know this 
> > behaviour can be changed using gconf-editor, but I would prefer not to 
> > change it, and still having my application integrated in the 
> > applications menu, and executable by double click without intermediate 
> > messages.
> 
>   Make a .desktop file for your program; it is double-click executable
> without the annoying dialog.  Plus, you can install it
> to /usr/share/applications to make it visible in the GNOME menu.
> 
> > 
> > Any information or links to articles or docs, would be very appreciated.
> 
> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fdesktop_2dentry_2dspec

There's also this guide:

http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/gnome-isv-guide/index.html

	Emmanuel.