JFYI I plan to try and do this in addition to the usual files that get copied (by both `make' and the installers). Recently I was told that they locations for these things is stable enough to have them done by the project.
A few minutes ago, Jon Rafkind wrote: > Whoops, forgot about this -- I'll see what I can do. > > On 09/04/2011 08:27 PM, Doug Orleans wrote: > > Did this go anywhere? It would definitely be cool to see DrRacket in > > the Ubuntu Applications menu. > > > > A screenshot in the Ubuntu Software Center would be nice too, but I > > don't know where that comes from (doesn't seem to be part of the > > .desktop file). Oh hm, does it get them from > > http://screenshots.debian.net/ ? Anyone want to upload some there? > > > > --Doug > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Jon Rafkind <rafk...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> Thanks Todd, I'll look into integrating these files. > >> > >> On 02/19/2011 08:46 PM, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > >>> I don't think they do. > >>> > >>> I've created a compressed /usr/share directory that, if unpacked and > >>> merged with what's already there, should register a mime type for > >>> application-x-racket, create a menu item in Applications/Programming, > >>> and create icons for both .rkt files and DrRacket itself. > >>> > >>> Here's a link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10388887/usr.zip > >>> > >>> I don't know how complicated it is to add such supplementary files to > >>> an Ubuntu package, but Jon is more than welcome to do so if he wants > >>> to use my archive. After adding these, you do have to update the gnome > >>> icon cache and the mime type cache, but I think that mostly happens > >>> automatically after a package install. > >>> > >>> I'm not 100% sure this works, but it should be pretty close. > >>> > >>> Todd > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Brian Mastenbrook > >>> <br...@mastenbrook.net> wrote: > >>>> On 2/15/2011 4:30 PM, Jon Rafkind wrote: > >>>>> I just updated this package for 5.1 so if you installed it before you > >>>>> should be able to update racket (I forget the commands exactly, maybe > >>>>> just uninstall and reinstall). Unfortunately you still have to use the > >>>>> -f flag. > >>>> Am I missing something or do these packages not install .desktop files so > >>>> that DrRacket et al show up in the system applications menu? > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Brian Mastenbrook > >>>> br...@mastenbrook.net > >>>> http://brian.mastenbrook.net/ > >>>> > >>>> _________________________________________________ > >>>> For list-related administrative tasks: > >>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > >>>> > >>> _________________________________________________ > >>> For list-related administrative tasks: > >>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > >> _________________________________________________ > >> For list-related administrative tasks: > >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > >> > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
