On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 13:25:53 +1000 Daniel Kasak <d.j.kasak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Yikes. I just finished telling my 7-year-old that dummy-spits are not >the best way to get people to do what you'd like them to do. well, technically speaking, that's not *always* true... :) > >Anyway ... what you've done is create a .desktop file in >~/.local/share/applications ... as noted in this thread. Next, you >need to add this to your launcher bar ( ibar ). Hit ALT + ESC >together, then type either the name you gave the app, or the path to >the app. If you don't see your app appear in the filtered list, your >.desktop file has issues. Locate it and figure out what the issue is. >If you *do* see the app, launch it, then CTRL + right-click it, and >select: > >[app name] ( first item in menu ) ==> Add to IBar ==> default ( or >whatever IBar ) > >It should now be in your launcher. > >I see now, looking at the right-click menu for IBar, that there is a >"+ Contents" item. Clicking this allows me to browse existing icons >and add them to the IBar. > >Users that have been with E for a while will also know that in >~/.e/e/applications/bar/default there is a ".order" file that you can >add .desktop file names to. This was the very old way of adding icons >to the IBar. > >There are lots of ways. > >As for the rest of the comments, I've been using various versions of E >for the past 15 years or so. It's always been usable for me - actually >it's always been the *most* usable for me. I also appreciate the >mammoth effort in porting to Wayland - this will certainly pay off in >the long term. > >Dan > >On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Larry Wyble <llwy...@suddenlink.net> >wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 23:32:05 -0700 >> Eric <eri...@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> On 06/03/2016 04:03 AM, Larry Wyble wrote: >>> > On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 22:48:18 -0700 >>> > Eric <eri...@cox.net> wrote: >>> > >>> >>> >> >>> >> Can you give an example of what steps you are taking to create >>> >> the launcher, what application you are trying to launch and what >>> >> errors you are receiving? >>> >> >>> >> Otherwise I don't know if I can provide any help. >>> >> >>> >> Kind regards, >>> >> >>> >> Eric >>> > >>> > Right click on the Ibar go up to ibar then click "create new icon >>> > > then in the "Desktop Entry Editor" I put in the name, >>> > > application, >>> > then click icon and enter the icon name, them click apply and >>> > close and nothing happens. It's like typing into nothing and >>> > hoping that nothing actually does something for you. >>> > >>> > Thanks for replying >>> > >>> > >>> That way is not working for me also but it does create a desktop >>> file in the ~/.local/share/applications directory. >>> >>> Can you see if the entry is located there? If it is, try and drag >>> it from the file manager to the ibar between some of the other >>> application icons that are already there. >>> >>> I hope this works for you, >>> >>> kind regards, >>> >>> Eric >> >> Thanks Eric, but I think Jerry rigging is not the way this is >> supposed to work. This should be working properly by using the menus >> and apps built into Enlightenment, not by working around the designed >> operation. This is supposed to be Basic usability and it's not. It's >> ignored for the sake of NON-usability, IOW; Wayland. Wayland is much >> more important than being able to use the desktop. >> >> Appreciate your replying to this. >> Larry >> >> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and >>> traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, >>> and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides >>> multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. >>> Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. >>> https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e >>> _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users >>> mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? 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