Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of kde/addingApplicationsAndIcons

Timestamp:

Nov 30, 2009, 2:01:50 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Jörg Steffens

Comment:

copied from general page

kde/addingApplicationsAndIcons

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+===== adding appications =====
+
+Example application: example
+
+Where possible, we store our stuff in a separate subdirectory {{{smartclient}}}
+
+|| {{{/usr/share/applications/example.desktop}}} || general application description, like Name, Exec(utable), Icon. SmartClient subdirectory {{{/usr/share/applications/smartclient/}}} would by possible, but {{{%suse_update_desktop_file}}} does not support directories || ||
+|| {{{/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:
+
+{{{
+# copy the icon example.png or example.svgz to /usr/share/pixmap/
+# if available, choose the svgz image format, otherwise png. (xpm does also work)
+cp -a example.svgz /usr/share/pixmap/
+
+# create a directory for testing
+mkdir /tmp/test
+
+# copy some .desktop files to the testing directory. At least one should have the line "Icon=example"
+cp -a example_working.desktop example_testing.desktop /tmp/test
+
+# remove the users icon cache
+rm -r ~/.kde4/cache-*/kpc/
+
+# check if the icons gets displayed correctly
+strace -e trace=access -o /tmp/test/konq_icon.strace  -f konqueror /tmp/test
+
+# close konqueror
+
+# in case of problems, analyse the strace log file
+less /tmp/test/konq_icon.strace
+}}}