Crear Lanzador GnomeShell

Title: Crear Lanzador GnomeShell Date: 2015-12-6 17:30 Category: Linux Tags: linux, gnome shell Slug: crearlanzadorgnomeshell Summary: Para crear accesos directos en el menu de gnome shell tienes que tener un fichero en. Status: published

Below is a sample of desktop file:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Application Name
Comment=Application description
Icon=/path/to/icon.xpm
Exec=/path/to/application/executable
Terminal=false
Categories=Tags;Describing;Application

Explanation

[Desktop Entry] the Desktop Entry group header identifies the file as a desktop entry
Type the type of the entry, valid values are Application, Link and Directory
Encoding the character encoding of the desktop file
Name the application name visible in menus or launchers
Comment a description of the application used in tooltips
Icon the icon shown for the application in menus or launchers
Exec the command that is used to start the application from a shell.
Terminal whether the application should be run in a terminal, valid values are true or false
Categories semi-colon (;) separated list of menu categories in which the entry should be shown

Command line arguments in the Exec key can be signified with the following variables:

%f a single filename.
%F multiple filenames.
%u a single URL.
%U multiple URLs.
%d a single directory. Used in conjunction with %f to locate a file.
%D multiple directories. Used in conjunction with %F to locate files.
%n a single filename without a path.
%N multiple filenames without paths.
%k a URI or local filename of the location of the desktop file.
%v the name of the Device entry.

Este serie un ejemplo de un fichero

vim /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Thunderbird
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/thunderbird/icons/logo.png
Type=Application
Categories=Networkr;

##Importante Para hacer que se pueda hacer: “abrir con” de cualquier tipo de fichero/extension hay que añadir %F

Exec=geany %F

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