On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 13:27 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > I'm trying to create a launcher. Following the explanation in > https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/inde > x. > html > > I created the following file in ~/.local/share/applications > > eiffel-estudio.desktop > > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=UTF-8 > Type=Application > Exec=/opt/Eiffel_15.12/studio/spec/linux-x86-64/bin/estudio > Icon=/opt/Eiffel_15.12/studio/bitmaps/png/estudio.png > Name=Eiffel Builder > Categories=Programming > > However, this is ignored. It appears from the xdg reference that the > directory (and its subdirectories too?) should be read automatically, > but my entry still does not appear in the menu. > > So what is missing, please?
Works fine here if I replace the Exec path to something like /bin/ls so it might be that the path is wrong or estudio is not executable? -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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