On 7 April 2012 12:03, Pedro Bessa <pedbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07-04-2012 06:02, Colin Law wrote: >> >> Does the Home Lens use the presence of .desktop files to show >> applications? If so which folders does it search? I notice that it >> does not find .desktop files on the Desktop. Should it? >> >> Colin >> > > As far as I know: yes, /usr/share/applications, no. The .desktop file will > have to be written like an existing .desktop file, owned by root:root, > readable and writable by the owner, readable by the group, readable by > others and not executable.
Should it not also at least look in ~/.local/share/applications? Arguably also in ~/Desktop. Colin > > Best regards, > Pedro Bessa > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
