Re: /usr/local/bin and launchers

[startx <startx plentyfact org>]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:54:45 +0200
Florian Müllner <florian muellner gmail com> wrote:

> El sáb, 19-06-2010 a las 23:18 +0100, startx escribió:
> > i find that /usr/local/bin would be a perfectly
> > valid path to place an application. would be nice to know if this
> > is a bug or a feature ;)
> 
> You are right, /usr/local/bin is a perfectly valid path to place an
> application's binary. However, what gets added to the application menu
> is determined by the application's desktop file - reasonable locations
> for those are /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications
> and ~/.local/share/applications.

ok, fair enought. i created a launcher on the desktop and moved it
manually into /usr/share/applications/ and indeed now the gnome-shell
finds it when i search for it.

however, im curious how i will do that once desktop icons are removed
(i understand that this is the mid-term plan for gnome-shell), as then
i can neither create launchers on the desktop nor on the panel.

startx