buntu-tweak (and or myUnity?):
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-launcher-editor/+bug/894772
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> but am not sure how that is going.
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> > Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:07:47 +0100
> > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
> > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net
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joerlend.schins...@gmail.com
> To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] creating .desktop files to add launcher entries
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> On 19. feb. 2012 18:58, Alan Bell wrote:
> > yes, that is almost perfect! Adding an "add to launcher" option or
> > button
i disagree because the minecraft thing is a bad example as it's a very
simple launch.
before i made a .desktop file to use for my world of warcraft install i
either had to navigate directly to the executable file in nautilus or open
a terminal and type out "wine 'C:/Program Files/GamesForWine/World
Sorry if I've missed if somebody mentioned it already , but wasn't
there an option "create launcher" in the right-click menu on the desktop
until recently ? I know the new idea is to have launchers mainly pinned
to the side , but 1. I guess some users are used to using the desktop
for that (=>
Resend to whole list:This feels like an unintuitive and rough implementation. The user in seeking to make a graphical launcher is seeking brevity and quickness. Instead he/she is now presented with a dialogbox full of choices and obscure options that must be satisfied. Simply put the investment in
On 19. feb. 2012 18:58, Alan Bell wrote:
yes, that is almost perfect! Adding an "add to launcher" option or
button would be a slight improvement. Also, when you run something
without a .desktop file this could be in the quicklist for the
temporary launcher icon for it, so it fills in some of th
I agree with all of that. I mentioned Alacarte as a fast way to
accomplish most of the tasks. I think it would be better to make a
general solution and not make it Unity specific. After all, desktop
files is a specification that most desktop environments use. Instead, it
should provide pages fo
On 19/02/12 17:45, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote:
Alacarte recommends gnome-panel since that's what provides
/usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit which is what implements the dialog
to create a new item. Maybe we can breakout that binary into it's own
package?
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-
On 19/02/12 14:57, Evan Huus wrote:
At the moment, empty launcher space has no interactions at all. I
recall from an earlier discussion (when it was suggested to add a
'Settings' to the quicklist of empty launcher space) that this was a
design choice, that empty space shouldn't have any inter
i think Alan's suggestion was more that we needed an editor instead of
where to click to show the editor.
basically saying we need a more unity specific alacarte and just mentioned
two places that seemed like logical access points.
alacarte does have the basics l but i don't think it's really a go
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 19/02/12 15:48, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
>> On 19. feb. 2012 15:36, Alan Bell wrote:
>>> One common request is to add arbitary applications to the
>>> launcher. This is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a
>>
>> It's not hard, act
Apt already knows how to do that --no-install-recommends. I think a similar
option is available for stuff installed with the installation media.
If not, then a different solution should be looked at. Also I don't know
how large of an impact it will have, so we should consider it more
carefully.
W
On 19. feb. 2012 16:07, Omar B. wrote:
I agree. It's better solution and looks better than always having to
open a terminal.
sadly the way to do it now is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfTfc-DLtpU
He doesn't seem to have investigated properly. It is not necessary to
run commands or an
On 19. feb. 2012 16:59, Alan Pope wrote:
Alacarte pulls in a load of stuff I wouldn't expect for a menu editor
including gnome-panel gnome-session-fallback. Be nice if we had an
integrated system of editing menus rather than pulling in lots of
other gumpf I don't really want.
It _recommends_
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On 19/02/12 15:48, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
> On 19. feb. 2012 15:36, Alan Bell wrote:
>> One common request is to add arbitary applications to the
>> launcher. This is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a
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> It's not hard, actually. It's
On 19. feb. 2012 15:36, Alan Bell wrote:
One common request is to add arbitary applications to the launcher.
This is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a
It's not hard, actually. It's quite easy. Install Alacarte. You can then
edit your menus to your hearts desire. Adding new items a
Awesome idea, strange I didn't came up with it. Might be because I'm not
running Unity.
Anyhow, for implementing this idea on the BRB should be possible with even
a "simple" bash script. For editing current .desktops will be a bit
trickier, but is also doable in my opinion.
With metta, Chris
On F
Since empty space shouldn't have interactions, the "Create New Launcher"
option could appear when right-clicking the BFB.
Conceptually it makes sense, since the BFB is the only tile that interacts
with the launcher directly (the rest are all related to applications or
folders).
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I agree, this is a nice feature.
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Alan Bell wrote:
> One common request is to add arbitary applications to the launcher. This
> is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a .desktop file (by looking
> up the syntax on gnome.org or freedesktop.org) and then pu
; Subject: [Unity-design] creating .desktop files to add launcher entries
>
> One common request is to add arbitary applications to the launcher. This
> is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a .desktop file (by
> looking up the syntax on gnome.org or freedesktop.org) and then
I agree with the problem, however I believe the suggested solution has a
few issues.
At the moment, empty launcher space has no interactions at all. I recall
from an earlier discussion (when it was suggested to add a 'Settings' to
the quicklist of empty launcher space) that this was a design choic
One common request is to add arbitary applications to the launcher. This
is *hard* right now, you have to manually write a .desktop file (by
looking up the syntax on gnome.org or freedesktop.org) and then put it
somewhere that is a system area or a hidden folder. Most users don't
bother because
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