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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:18:59 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com>
Subject:   Re: fixing missing launch icons
Message-ID:  <20121109161858.GX31744@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAHcdu2rEth-c7TwRFSMEGJj8wFK4gS0Q2CSVP9t3cFEGQ3yRgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 01:49:22PM +0000, Olivier Duchateau wrote:
> 2012/11/9 Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com>:
> > Some ports fail to create the launch icon (menu item) in the desktop me=
nu. To
> > correct this, one is to add in /usr/local/share/application a file by
> > <portname>.desktop like so:
> >
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Encoding=3DUTF-8
> > Name=3D<portname>
> > GenericName=3D<Detailed Name>
> > Comment=3D<whatever>
> > TryExec=3D<portname>
> > Exec=3D<portname>
> > Icon=3D<picture>
> > Type=3DApplication
> > Categories=3D<c1>;<c2>;<c3>;
> >
> > My question is: The menu entries have categories - for example in gnome
> > there are Graphics, Office, Internet, etc. How can one specify the cate=
gory
> > placement (under which category) this icon should go?
> >
>=20
> There's specification [1] for create (and understand) desktop menu.
>=20
> About icons, usually, we can find in /usr/local/share/icons and
> /usr/local/share/pixmaps directories.
>=20
> Note: some ports don't provide .desktop file, it's not necessarily "bug".

But for desktop applications port maintainers should create one:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/book.html#desktop-entr=
ies

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