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The Arch .desktop Project

What is it?

The Desktop Project aims to fill the hole left by many applications developers: the .desktop files. These files are the ones that allow you, in a FreeDesktop-compliant WM/DE, to see the installed applications in the system menu, along with their icon, allowing you to access them in an easy way. Unfortunately, many applications don't include a .desktop file, so you have to write one yourself or launch them from a command line.


What can you do?

Just add the graphical applications you use that are not listed in your system menu to the list below. I (bardo) will write/modify the necessary files and notify the corresponding maintainers so they can be added to the packages. Of course any help/comment/critic is really appreciated :)


List of applications

Missing file

  • apricots
  • bittornado (missing for btdownloadgui.py, btcompletedirgui.py, btmaketorrentgui.py)
  • carworld
  • chromium
  • dosbox (.desktop and icon files available from dosbox-cvs)
  • drscheme (fix proposed in BR#7571)
  • empathy
  • eric
  • flashplayer-standalone
  • flobopuyo
  • gkrellm
  • gmencoder (see FS#6568)
  • gnuplot
  • gtick (see FS#9675)
  • hedgewars
  • imgseek
  • k9copy
  • kobodeluxe
  • lbreakout2
  • lincity
  • lyx (note, can get icons from wiki.lyx.org - LyX Icons)
  • nedit (see FS#9677)
  • openmovieeditor
  • pdfedit
  • picard
  • pinball
  • puzzles
  • pysolfc
  • ripperx
  • scummvm
  • speedcrunch (see FS#5526)
  • stellarium (see FS#5639 and the project's bug report; the 0.9.0 is in [testing], but still no file, maintainer notified)
  • winetools
  • wireshark (see FS#7437)
  • xmahjongg
  • xpenguins
  • xsane
  • xscorch
  • zsnes

Broken

  • denemo
  • ettercap (missing icon)
  • evince (present, but doesn't show up in XFCE menu)
  • galculator (uncommon icon???; I suggeset /usr/share/pixmaps/galculator/galculator_48x48.png or .../galculator.svg icon)
  • gqview (doesn't validate)
  • mtpaint (lacks icon; I suggest applications-graphics or gnome-graphics icon)
  • nmapfe (lacks proper icon)
  • opera 9.50-0.13 (lacks icon; from arch x86_64 testing repo; I found actual icon graphic doesn't exist) (icon is now included)

Fixed

  • acidrip (included in the package)
  • atanks (included in the package)
  • gtkpod (included upstream)
  • neverball (included in the package)
  • osmo (included upstream)
  • smc (included in the package)
  • xmoto (included in the package)
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