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Re: [trinity-users] desktop icons

From: Lisi <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:40:44 +0100
On Tuesday 29 May 2012 12:50:03 E. Liddell wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 12:14:10 +0100
>
> Lisi <lisi.reisz@...> wrote:
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Next problem (a minor one this time): how do I put an icon of an
> > application on the desktop when the application is not in the menu?
> >
> > The application is definitely there; it can be started from the launcher.
> >  But Kappfinder doesn't find it and it isn't in the menu.
> >
> > In case it is relevant, the required icon is a shortcut to Evince on  TDE
> > 3.5.13 on Debian Squeeze.
>
> Right-click on the desktop, select Create New... > Link to Application
> from the context menu, and enter the command in the appropriate
> box in the Application tab in the resulting dialogue.  (If it doesn't work
> the first time, you many need the full path to the application and/or
> to fill out the Working Directory box as well.)  Then configure the
> name and icon for the desktop entry in the General tab.

I have landed up with a very peculiar icon, but it works!  That you very much.

Lisi