Creating .desktop files

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