[debian] e and illume: how to configure launcher icons?

Al Johnson openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Thu Sep 24 18:28:26 CEST 2009


On Thursday 24 September 2009, arne anka wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure Illume does not have support for categories or the
> > ability to hide apps (especially not through a menu).
> >
> > Workarounds:
> > If you delete the .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/, it
> > won't be displayed.
> > If your .desktop file doesn't contain Type=Application, I don't think
> > it'll be displayed.
>
> i remember distinctly a dialog popping up first time with a listing of
> apps and a checkbox for every app, to enable it.
> can't get to that dialog again.
> additionally: i want to add my very own apps to the launcher -- and that
> as _normal_ user.
> since linux is a _multiuser_ operating system with separation of rights,
> it's unreasonable to expect _normal_ users to create/modify _global_ files
> (which the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications/ are).

I think that selection dialog is for the enlightenment menu or something. It 
has no effect on what apps appear on the illume launcher as far as I can tell. 
The illume launcher is rather lacking in functionality as you have found. I'm 
sure Raster will gladly accept patches to improve the situation, but afaik 
nobody has written any.




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