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EgoGratis
October 15th, 2011, 12:14 AM
I was wondering how would i create custom launcher under System Settings -> System?

Thanks!

crdlb
October 15th, 2011, 12:58 AM
Unfortunately, the easiest way to do this is to copy the .desktop file for one of the existing apps from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications . Rename the file and modify the Name, Exec, etc. fields. The MimeType= is the critical line AFAIK.

EgoGratis
October 15th, 2011, 01:55 PM
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, you were right i just had to create new .desktop file! The .desktop file has to be in /usr/share/applications it did not work in ~/.local/share/applications. I opened some .desktop files from other launchers in System Settings -> System and just flowed the examples!

Thanks!