[maemo-developers] putting application in the extras menu

From: Eero Tamminen eero.tamminen at nokia.com
Date: Thu Oct 9 11:32:34 EEST 2008
Hi,

ext Henning Heinold wrote:
> this a FAQ item and the answer is in the manual
> http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node13.html#SECTION001328000000000000000
> 
> You have to provide a valid applicationname.desktop file. Normaly they
> are stored under /usr/share/application, but for maemo I suggest store it
> like the other apps under /usr/share/application/hildon .
> 
> If your app is not a gtk-hildon app you have to set the WM_CLASS right.
> You can see which name is used for WM_CLASS when you execute the xprop
> programm from x-debug-tools package and tap on your app.

I think it needs to be set also if there's some additional script or
binary in between (Gtk by default uses binary name for WM_CLASS, but if
the .desktop file tells TN to first exec something else, that of course
doesn't match).


	- Eero


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