The Create Launcher
window appears.
3. Provide the following information for the application that you want to add:
Type??”Select Application (to launch a regular GUI application) or Application in
Terminal. Use Application in Terminal if the application is a character-based or ncurses
application. (Applications written using the ncurses library run in a Terminal window
but offer screen-oriented mouse and keyboard controls.)
Name??”A name to identify the application (this appears in the tooltip when your
mouse is over the icon).
Command??”The command line that is run when the application is launched. Use
the full path name, plus any required options.
Comment??”A comment describing the application. It also appears when you later
move your mouse over the launcher.
4. Click the Icon box (it might say No Icon). Select one of the icons shown and click OK.
Alternatively, you can browse the Linux file system to choose an icon.
Icons available to represent your application are contained in the /usr/share/
pixmaps directory. These icons are either in .png or .xpm format. If there isn??™t an
icon in the directory you want to use, create your own (in one of those two formats) and assign it to
the application.
5. Click OK.
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