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how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:10 am
by bioinfornatics
dear sir,
how can i have my personal .desktop in launchbar
usualy is :
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Plugin {
type = launchbar
Config {
Button {
id=lxde-x-terminal-emulator.desktop
}
}
}
but i have custom .desktop in $HOME/desktopDir, how can i give an id ?
how can i force scan directory to $HOME/desktopDir ?
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:31 pm
by maces
Hi
On my machines this works fine?! What about using "/home/maces/.local/share/applications" for your personal *desktop files? Please also post your *.desktop file, maybe there is an mistake in it.
maces
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:21 pm
by bioinfornatics
/.local/share/applications is a standrad location with /usr/local/share/applications
but i need a non standard location
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:46 pm
by maces
Why? You can set permissions, so nobody than you can see the files. Otherwise make a symlink with "ln -s" from ~/nirvana to ~/.local/share/applications.
maces
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:17 am
by bioinfornatics
because
/usr/local/share/applications is for share some .desktop file or me i want create some group for limited the acees to a non standard location.
It's possible to force a scan a non standard directory with a .menu file or other methods?
with xfce4-panel is possible with xml file as:
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$ cat .config/xfce4/panel/launcher.xml
[Entry 0]
Name=Terminal
Exec=/usr/bin/aterm
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
Comment=aterm
Icon=/usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:39 pm
by maces
Sorry but I think this is not possible at the moment.
maces
Re: how to get personal .desktop in launchbar
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:10 pm
by kgas
I tested this and possible. First create a .desktop file to launch what applications you need to start and put that in any folder under your $HOME directory and ensure it is executable. Now from the Panel Preferences-->Panel Applets-->Application launch bar Edit + add then select the .desktop file from the location where you just created. Try this and let us know your result.