Paul

Me hacking away at things.

less than 1 minute read

One can add custom entries to the program list in graphical desktop environments such as XFCE. You can either right-click on the menu or add a “.desktop” file with the specific keys.

For user specific applications you can use $HOME/.local/share/applications/ or system-wide via /use/share/applications/.

An example:

$ cat $HOME/.local/share/applications/portfolioPerformance.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Portfolio Performance
Exec=/opt/portfolio/PortfolioPerformance
Icon=/opt/portfolio/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/3036/0/.cp/icons/pp_256.png
Categories=Finance

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