#21 2015-11-03 22:18:55

redcollective

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

^I like those icons

Here ya go then: Paper

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Gaucho

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

If you do edit the desktop files to give you customized launchers, you'll want to first copy them to ~/.local/share/applications or else a program update will overwrite them.

Scratch that, they don't get recognized that way.

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KrunchTime

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

I don't care for the launcher area, but it's easily removed by deleting or commenting out the applicable lines in the tint2 configuration file.

johnraff

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

@hhh those desktop files belong to us!! (bunsen-configs to be precise)
No other pesky program update will overwrite them.
They can be customized whatever way we want. But that's why I was a little bit hesitant about naming something that called x-terminal-emulator, "BL Terminal Emulator". Seemed a bit presumtuous...

@krunchtime these .desktop files aren't only for the launcher - they also come into play with mime-type file associations, Thunar's "open with" dialogue and any graphic menus users might install.

(btw Tint2 demands a full path to the .desktop file so where it's located doesn't matter.)

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Gaucho

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

@hhh those desktop files belong to us!! (bunsen-configs to be precise)
No other pesky program update will overwrite them.

Ours might.

(btw Tint2 demands a full path to the .desktop file so where it's located doesn't matter.)

omg facepalm, I never changed the path in tint2rc.

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johnraff

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

@hhh those desktop files belong to us!! (bunsen-configs to be precise)
No other pesky program update will overwrite them.

Ours might.

True, if we're talking about customization done by an individual user. In that case, indeed ~/.local/share/applications is the place to put them.

I think we should encourage users to avoid directly editing system files as much as possible, if there's a local solution.

Last edited by johnraff (2015-11-06 01:21:16)

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Gaucho

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

>I think we should encourage users to avoid directly editing system files as much as possible, if there's a local solution.

+1

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SejmL

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Registered: 2015-11-15

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

would be good if we got black n white icons from the start, great post
+1

teleratec

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

I would like everything to be easier ...

For me the solution was to:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop
Icon = google-chrome

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

For me the solution was to:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop
Icon = google-chrome

You don't need to use root privileges for that, just copy the .desktop file to $HOME:

cp /usr/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Then edit ~/.local/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop as your normal user.

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martix

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

Edit: I had a question regarding a launcher icon, however it is solved now. jgmenu creates a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications, where "Icon=distributor-logo-bunsenlabs" works for e.g. Plank or the file manager. However this did not work for tint2 after creating a launcher icon (showing a different icon, not the #bĺ logo). In order to use the logo, the full path to the icon-file has to be defined in the .desktop file (the svg format did not work here [showing a white square], but e.g. png is fine).

Last edited by martix (2016-12-07 21:39:59)

soocki

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Re: Tint2 launcher icons

I was thinking. Thinking about my old system, which I am at at this very moment. I was using openbox with tint2, just like BunsenLABS does. I have tweaked the looks of the tint2 panel and came up with the results below.

The icons (left-to-right) are: root-menu(openbox-menu), terminal(st@tmux), file manager(xfe) and web browser(qupzilla). High contrast, easy-on-eyes inverted black-on-white. What you think?

Last edited by soocki (2017-06-06 13:02:29)

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