I can confirm that if mplayer is run in the background that it will not show as a launcher icon (.desktop), though I've never expected it to. If you add a line to the .desktop - Terminal=true then you will get the expected results & the terminal will minimize to the launcher icon if desired, - though see below Attached screen shows
@eros2 What I use is 2 mplayer .desktops w/ the term line & a MimeType= line, 1 for all audio/video types, 1 for playlists, In my case I do add them to the launcher for Drag & Drop , though r. click from nautilus also works fine (currently there may be a bug about a process running in a minimized terminal crashing compiz when it ends & the terminal exits in a minimized state ** Attachment added: "Screenshot at 2011-09-23 10:33:04.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/857243/+attachment/2447690/+files/Screenshot%20at%202011-09-23%2010%3A33%3A04.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857243 Title: (oneiric) mplayer does not have icon in launcher and switcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mplayer/+bug/857243/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
