[spe.pycs.net] Re: Update

Chris Spencer gmane.20.evilspam at spamgourmet.com
Sun Jul 3 18:20:45 CEST 2005


www.stani.be wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I start working on SPE again, mostly bugfixing and
> creating a more user friendly installer. 

Glad to hear.

> Is there a simple way to create shortcuts on the
> desktop and start menu similar to windows?

If you're asking how to install menu shortcuts in a Linux gui, then you 
should see the Freedesktop menu specification 
(http://freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec). It defines a standard 
method for describing a "start" menu on Linux, and I believe it's 
currently used by both KDE and Gnome. Basically, you'd have to write a 
simple xml formatted file with a .desktop extension, declaring the 
executable's location, position in the menu, icon to use, etc. You'd 
then copy this file to $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/ 
(/usr/share/applications/ on Fedora). The link to SPE should then 
automatically in appear in the menu.

Chris




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