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IDESK(1)						      General Commands Manual							  IDESK(1)

NAME

       idesk - display program shortcuts as icons on desktop

SYNOPSIS

       idesk

DESCRIPTION

       idesk  can  define shortcuts for several programs and display these icons with a short description on the desktop. It can use PNG images as
       icon source including transparency support and supports using antialiased fonts.

       Options for idesk are stored in ascii files in the home directory, see section FILES for more infos.

       Tip: to reload the settings double click with the middle mouse button on any off the icons.

FILES

       The main configuration file is called .ideskrc and must reside in the users home-directory (~/.ideskrc). The icons  are	loaded	from  lnk-
       files, which must placed in ~/.idesktop/*.lnk.

       Sample configuration files can be found in /usr/share/idesk/. These files contains all available options. Please you must read them.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was	written  by  Thorsten  Sauter  <tsauter@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system and modified by Anibal Avelar
       <idesk.support@gmail.com> for the new version.

								     Sep 2005								  IDESK(1)

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desklaunch(1)															     desklaunch(1)

NAME

       desklaunch - a small utility for creating desktop icons

SYNTAX

       desklaunch ...
       Desklaunch takes no options

DESCRIPTION

       DeskLaunch is a small utility for creating desktop icons.  A simple click will launch the desired application.
       You need to create a file called .desklaunchrc in your home directory.

FILES

       ${HOME}/.desklaunchrc

EXAMPLE RCFILE

       icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm.xpm:XTerm:xterm
       icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/netscape.xpm:Netscape:netscape

       The format of the file is: icon=x:y:xpm_image:tooltip:command
       where x:y is the position of the icon
       xpm_image is the /path/to/pixmap
       tooltip is the name of the icon launchers
       and command is the command to execute once clicked.

AUTHORS

       Ken Lynch<oroborus@blueyonder.co.uk>
       Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
       Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010
       This manpage was written by Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org> because the origonal program did not include one.

SEE ALSO

       oroborus(1) keylaunch(1) deskmenu(1)

								       1.1.x							     desklaunch(1)
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