Re: desktop integration: program launcher entry and icon

[jjacky <i am jack mail gmail com>]

I believe you might want to include a .desktop file (installing it in
e.g. /usr/share/applications/), and it should be used by all compatible
DE-s.

You can use whatever files you have there as examples, and the latest
specs should be these:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

-j

On 04/06/12 01:14, Christopher Howard wrote:
> This is not strictly speaking a gtk+ question, but I was hoping someone
> might help me out anyway: how do I go about integrating my application
> properly with the desktop, i.e., so that my program shows up with an
> entry and an icon in the application menu of Gnome, Xfce4, and all other
> compatible desktop environments?
>
> If anyone could point me to a good Web page on the subject, I would be
> appreciative. I can't seem to get the right search results for this
> question.
>
>
>
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