Re: newby

Michael Catanzaro <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:57 AM, E.Fennema <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very recently I got Gnome 3 installed with openSuSE 13.2. I still 
> have to learn how to love it.
> 
> Where does it document how to get a new application on the Activities 
> page. I have my own accounting program, surprisingly called 'fin', 
> and I want to start it from Activities or even the dash and not via a 
> Gnu shell or something.

Hi,

Just like other desktops, you do this with a standard desktop file: 
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

Put the desktop file in /usr/share/applications or 
~/.local/share/applications.

> Similarly where is documented how to start programs that do need a 
> filename on each invocation.

If the filename is going to be the same each time you launch the 
program, you can use the Exec key in the desktop file: 
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html

Otherwise, you'll need to launch it manually from the command line (or 
with the Alt+F2 Run dialog).

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