unclear documentation about .desktop file icon location

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Dear web-list members,

I am completely new here and it is not clear to me where I should mail my
comment/question to.
Anyway, I am unable to find clear documentation about the installation of
the icon used for .desktop files.
The documentation on the gnome-website
<https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/icons.html.en>states
that I should place the icon in the location
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/.
However placing a 48x48 pixels.png icon in that location did not result in
the menu item to show the icon. Actually, I tried to fix the 'icon no show'
problem after installing the application 'cherrytree', which puts a .svg
icon in the location /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/. After
'researching' the problem for quite a long time I finally found that
placing the icon in the location /usr/share/pixmaps/ fixed the problem.
Subsequently I was not able to find any gnome documentation on the location
/usr/share/pixmaps/. To prevent others spending their time on researching
this issue would it be possible to revise/clarify the documentation?
I would be happy to do it myself, however I don't know how the icon lookup
works (I am learning to code, but I am still a novice). A (comment on)
revision or any help on revising it myself would be highly appreciated.
Thank you...

Daniel

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear web-list members,<br><b=
r></div>I am completely new here and it is not clear to me where I should m=
ail my comment/question to.<br></div>Anyway, I am unable to find clear docu=
mentation about the installation of the icon used for .desktop files.<br></=
div>The documentation on the <a href=3D"https://developer.gnome.org/integra=
tion-guide/stable/icons.html.en">gnome-website </a>states that I should pla=
ce the icon in the location
	<span class=3D"gmail-filename" dir=3D"ltr">/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/=
apps/.<br></span></div><span class=3D"gmail-filename" dir=3D"ltr">However p=
lacing a 48x48 pixels.png icon in that location did not result in the menu =
item to show the icon. Actually, I tried to fix the &#39;icon no show&#39; =
problem after installing the application &#39;cherrytree&#39;, which puts a=
 .svg icon in the location </span><span class=3D"gmail-filename" dir=3D"ltr=
">/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/. After &#39;researching&#39; the =
problem for quite a long time I finally found that placing the icon in the =
location /usr/share/pixmaps/ fixed the problem. Subsequently I was not able=
 to find any gnome documentation on the location /usr/share/pixmaps/. To pr=
event others spending their time on researching this issue would it be poss=
ible to revise/clarify the documentation?<br></span></div><span class=3D"gm=
ail-filename" dir=3D"ltr">I would be happy to do it myself, however I don&#=
39;t know how the icon lookup works (I am learning to code, but I am still =
a novice). A (comment on) revision or any help on revising it myself would =
be highly appreciated. Thank you...<br><br></span></div><span class=3D"gmai=
l-filename" dir=3D"ltr">Daniel<br></span><div><span class=3D"gmail-filename=
" dir=3D"ltr"><br></span></div></div>

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