#1 2016-05-15 13:12:10

fox

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From: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2016-05-11

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[SOLVED] Add new Mail button to tint2

I use Icedove regularly for mail, and while I had no trouble figuring out how to add it to the Openbox menu, I would also like to add it to the four icons present in the tint2 menubar. Is this possible and if so, how would I do this?

Last edited by fox (2016-05-15 23:46:43)

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

Registered: 2015-09-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Add new Mail button to tint2

I don't know about the '"NEM mail", but if you want to add something to the 4 small left icons, do following:

1) rightclick on desktop, choose: Preferences | Tint2 | Edit Tint2s | Default Tint2rc ... 'geany' (text editor) will open with tint2 config file

2) find line with

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop

3) Form this line, learn how to add yet another item; copy-paste this line, add your item, save changes

4) Rightclick on desktop, choose: Preferences | Tint2 | Restart tint2

5) ??????????

6) Profit!

Hope this helps. I successfully tested it with 'evince'. If you need more help, please let us know.

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fox

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From: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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Re: [SOLVED] Add new Mail button to tint2

Thanks, WAAAT? I tried exactly what you suggested on my own before, but it didn't work. What I eventually realized by looking at the structure of the launcher lines is that the name of the app isn't capitalized. Once I removed the cap, all was well. This means I don't have to add a launcher panel to BL to get what I want. Cheers!

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Re: [SOLVED] Add new Mail button to tint2

the name of the app isn't capitalized

Those are the names of actual files in /usr/share/applications/ You can run 'ls /usr/share/applications' to see them all. The tint2 entry has to refer to a real something.desktop file.

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