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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers How do I create desktop icons for the shell programs I create??? Post 18276 by TRUEST on Tuesday 26th of March 2002 01:25:30 PM
Old 03-26-2002
How do I create desktop icons for the shell programs I create???
I am a bash shell programmer and I create programs on occasional basis.

Now, I dont want my programs to be run by typing out its name at a command line. I want to make it as user friendly as possible. I want to create icons on the desktop so users can click on it. mind you, I said "desktop icons" not "panel applets".

Also, is there anyway i can design my own icons instead of picking from the list of icons given to me by my operating system which is Linux Red Hat 7.2
 

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exo-desktop-item-edit

EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)					   User Commands					  EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)

NAME

       exo-desktop-item-edit - Create icons on the desktop

DESCRIPTION

   Usage:
	      exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION...] [FILE|FOLDER]

   Help Options:
       -?, --help
	      Show help options

       --help-all
	      Show all help options

       --help-gtk
	      Show GTK+ Options

   Application Options:
       -c, --create-new
	      Create a new desktop file in the given directory

       -t, --type
	      Type of desktop file to create (Application or Link)

       --name Preset name when creating a desktop file

       --comment
	      Preset comment when creating a desktop file

       --command
	      Preset command when creating a launcher

       --url  Preset URL when creating a link

       --icon Preset icon when creating a desktop file

       -v, --version
	      Print version information and exit

       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

AUTHOR

       Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.

       exo-desktop-item-edit  comes  with  ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, You may redistribute copies of exo-desktop-item-edit under the terms of the GNU
       Lesser General Public License which can be found in the exo source package.

       Please report bugs to <http://bugzilla.xfce.org/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005-2006
	       os-cillation e.K. All rights reserved.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for exo-desktop-item-edit is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  exo-desktop-item-edit  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

	      info exo-desktop-item-edit

       should give you access to the complete manual.

exo-desktop-item-edit 0.3.1.10rc1				  September 2006					  EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)
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