Posted: 2014-07-30 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: .desktop, GTK2, kde4, oxygen, QT4, theme |
I want to run an application with a GTK2 theme that is different from the global one. Searching the Arch Linux wiki, pointed me to their solution. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2014-05-14 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: .desktop, icons, menu, xfce |
In XFCE, whenever I needed to customize some menu entry, I would just go to /usr/share/applications/ and edit the corresponding .desktop file. This applies the changes globally and whenever the program is updated the modified .desktop file will be overwritten. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2012-06-24 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: .desktop, menu |
Problem: There are a few desktop entries that I do not want to be shown in the menu.
Solution: I used to just delete them from /usr/share/applications, but apparently there was a smarter way. Just open the .desktop file, e.g. /usr/share/applications/CMake.desktop and add the NoDisplay option: Read the rest of this entry »
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