Denis Try looking for a .desktop file down in /usr/share/applications and copy it to ~/Desktop If you cannot find the one you want, try editing a copy of one of the .desktop files from the above directory.
-- Bill Morita 512-569-6387 (Cell) On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Update: > > I repeated my first method but chose a much simpler launcher to edit. > Now I have something which works satisfactorily from the desktop. The > question remains: how do I get it into the Dash? > -Denis > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Denis Heidtmann > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ubuntu 12.04 does not have a context menu for this. I copied an > > existing one in the Dash, edited it, and got something that works on > > the desktop, but it is filled with stuff the meaning of which I do not > > know, and launches slowly. I copied a very simple desktop > > configuration file from my other system, made two simple edits > > (command and icon), but the system objects--not certified, or > > something like that. > > > > The program I am trying to create a launcher for is the Arduino IDE > > 1.06 (Ubuntu is 3 years behind the times.) The executable is a script > > located in /usr/local/src/arduino-1.0.6/ Can someone explain how > > launchers are created, and how to get them into Dash? (I attempted to > > read a thorough explanation of such files, but it was beyond my pay > > grade.) > > > > Thanks, > > -Denis > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
