> John Minson <minsonj <at> spawar.navy.mil> writes:
>> On all earlier versions of Fedora/kde I was able to add a 'non kde app'
>> and give it any icon I wanted . I suspect I still can but the mechanism
>> obviously is different on Fedora 9/KDE 4 .
>> Any quick pointers ?
>
> Surely the right solution is that the app itself should be registering in
> the
> menus on its own!
>
> If the app is a Fedora package, file a bug against the package for the
> missing .desktop file, which is required according to:
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Desktop_files
>
> If it is a third-party application, complain to wherever you got the
> application from.
>
> If it is your own application, have a look at xdg-desktop-menu, or package
> it
> as an RPM and have a look at the packaging guidelines as quoted above.
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 11:37 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
What if all I want is an icon/shortcut that calls a shell script or
command?
Other than Mike's penchant for top-posting, I have to agree. (I put your
remarks where they belong, Mike :} ) It's not supposed to be and never
has been a big deal to add a non-kde app to the task-bar or the K-menu.
I've done that for eons. In my Kmenu I have gnome applications as well
as other apps that are non-KDE that I added manually. I picked a likely
icon, as Mike points out, and I'm home free, just as happy as a June
Bug. I'll wait a cycle or two before I install F9. :) Ric
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