launcher icons

[John Niendorf]

Hi Tom,

Here is what I have in one .desktop file

[CODE]

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=gnome-panel-launcher
Name[en_US]=Edit-Timed-Reminders
Exec=gedit /home/john/.timedreminders
Name=Edit Timed Reminders
Icon=*/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-set-time.png*
*
*
I think this is the full path to the png I want to use.  Am I missing
something?
I removed the launcher from the side bar (It sounds so odd to say removed
the launcher from the launcher), dragged it back after making sure the above
was in the .desktop file, logged out and back in but I still have a spring
icon.

Thank you,

John

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Tom Syroid <tsyroid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Find the icon you want to use for your launcher on the fs; note the FULL
> path.
> Add the full path to the entry in the launcher code after "ICON="
> Logout; log back in.
>
> Ta and Da.
>
> The only catch-22 I've run into is the full path requirement.
> Theoretically, the launcher should know where to look, but my personal
> experiences show this to not always be the case. So I make it a habit
> to use full pathnames to the icons, and I haven't had problems since.
>
> Best,
> /tom
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, John Niendorf <johnniendorf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Power-User folks,
> > I'm having launcher trouble and I was wondering if someone knows how I
> can
> > solve the problem.
>
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