[Bf-committers] linux app icon proposal

[Arne Schmitz]

Am Freitag, 3. November 2006 06:44 schrieb Matt Ebb:
> We could just include the files in the build system so that they  
> appear in the release archive, so people can copy them in themselves  
> if they like, but it's a bit of a chore. Is there any easy system, or  
> cross-distro/desktop method of making some sort of installation  
> script, where you could doubleclick it, which then would set up a  
> nice application menu item thingy and copy the icons to the right  
> place on the system? Or is that not really possible in Linux these days?
>
> Any Linux gurus/maintainers have any advice here?

Everything concerning this topic can be found on [1]. For example [2] 
describes the desktop entries, which make up menu entries in KDE and Gnome. 
Also [3] describes where Desktop environments look for icons; see section 
Directory Layout in that document. So if a blender.desktop file is included 
and installed by the distribution and also an icon is put at the right place, 
everything should be fine.

Arne

[1] http://freedesktop.org/
[2] http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fdesktop_2dentry_2dspec
[3] http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/icon-theme-spec

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