Gnome Shell¶
Launchers¶
To create a launcher for a custom application, you must create a .desktop file under /usr/share/applications, ~/.local/share/applications or ~/Desktop
As an example the next launcher is for Blender:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Blender
Exec=/path/to/blender/executable
Icon=/path/to/blender/icon
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;
References¶
- Desktop Files (Gnome): https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en
- Freedesktop Categories: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html