Creating .desktop files
This is a quick tutorial on how to create
.desktop
files for
AppImage
programs so that you can have a shortcut in the activities panel, can pin it to the sidebar, etc, on
gnome
-based computers.
I use Zettlr as an example, but it works with any other program.
- Create a file like zettlr.desktop in ~/.local/share/application with the following::
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Zettlr
Icon=/usr/share/icons/zettlr.png
Exec=/home/aquiles/Programs/Zettlr.AppImage
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=zettlr
-
To know the StartupWMClass, you need to run
xprop WM_CLASS
and click on the window. This is very important, or Ubuntu fails at knowing that it is actually a window running -
To extract the icon from man AppImage:
./Zettlr.AppImage --appimage-extract
Where to put it is not that important.
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