Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Documentation

Timestamp:

Nov 3, 2009, 4:41:39 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Jörg Steffens

Comment:

icon check

Documentation

@@ -46 +46 @@
 
 || /usr/share/applications/example.desktop || general application description, like Name, Exec(utable), Icon || ||
-|| /usr/share/pixmap/smartclient/example.png  || application icon (using /usr/share/icons/default.kde4/48x48/apps/example.png is also possible, but more complicated. Also problems occur, if the user changes the default icon them) || ||
+|| /usr/share/pixmap/example.png  || application icon (using /usr/share/icons/default.kde4/48x48/apps/example.png is also possible, but more complicated. Also problems occur, if the user changes the default icon them) || ||
+
+
+====== testing KDE4 icons ======
+
+to test, if an icon is recognised by the system, act as follow:
+
+ 1. copy the icon {{{example.png}}} or {{{example.svgz}}} to {{{/usr/share/pixmap/}}}
+ 1. create a test directory {{{/tmp/test}}}
+ 1. copy some {{{.desktop}}} files into {{{/tmp/test}}}. At least one should have the line {{{Icon=example}}}
+ 1. remove icon cache by: {{{rm -r ~/.kde4/cache-*/kpc/}}}
+ 1. check if icon gets displayed by: {{{konqueror /tmp/test}}}
+ 1. or: {{{strace -e file -f konqueror /tmp/test}}}