[maemo-developers] Problem to setup an icon to an application

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 03:32:19PM +0200, Torello Querci wrote:
> I try to set an icon file to a my application. The program seem to run
> fine without error on console but the icon still the same, the generic
> application icon setup by default.
> 
> This is a sample file taken from maemo tutorial where I add the
> 
>   gtk_window_set_icon_from_file(window,"icona.ico",NULL);

Is the .ico format even supported by Gtk+?  Usually people use .png.

I strongly suspect the relative pathname is not going to work.  You
should pass an absolute filename, such as "/usr/share/myapp/icon.png".

Also, I believe the window manager in Maemo (matchbox) wants to
determine the icon from the .desktop file corresponding to your app,
rather than from the _NET_WM_ICON property that
gtk_window_set_icon_from_file.

Now you have three things to check, any of which could be the cause why
your icon is missing.

Marius Gedminas
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