What if all I want is an icon/shortcut that calls a shell script or command? There's no "application" or "package" to open against, nor should it be necessary. > John Minson <minsonj <at> spawar.navy.mil> writes: >> On all earlier versions of Fedora/kde I was able to add a 'non kde app' >> and give it any icon I wanted . I suspect I still can but the mechanism >> obviously is different on Fedora 9/KDE 4 . >> Any quick pointers ? > > Surely the right solution is that the app itself should be registering in > the > menus on its own! > > If the app is a Fedora package, file a bug against the package for the > missing .desktop file, which is required according to: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Desktop_files > > If it is a third-party application, complain to wherever you got the > application from. > > If it is your own application, have a look at xdg-desktop-menu, or package > it > as an RPM and have a look at the packaging guidelines as quoted above. > > Kevin Kofler > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
