2011/12/2 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org>: >> >> As it is now, it will install it in $(datadir)/applications. I'm not >> sure what happens on windows or MacOS. Do we even use autotools on >> those platforms? > > We do use autotools on the Mac and for cygwin builds. But as far as I know > these targets have other means to provide the application icon.
Then the autotools probably shouldn't install the desktop file on those platforms. I just submitted a modified patch. By the way, the desktop file doesn't only provide the icon. Without such a file, an application does not appear in the application menu.
