[maemo-developers] How to create an icon on desktop on N900 and link my binary to that

[From: Ville M. Vainio]

Nah, single instance works without x-osso-service as well. I don't know whether that line has any sensible purpose, actually - dbus activation will be done with separate dbus service file anyway.
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> 
> I thought the DBus initialization was used to allow only one intsnace of 
> your program to be run, which is good on a handheld device ...
> 
> I think you should let the user decide if he wants to put a shortcut on 
> his desktop or not ?
> 
> Fred
> 
> Le 10/08/2010 17:29, Naresh Mehta a écrit :
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > > <fred at lefevere-laoide.net>   wrote:
> > > 
> > > > You simply have to create a .desktop file associated with your
> > > > program (don't forget to initialize dbus session with osso_init)
> > > osso_initialize is not needed if you don't specify X-Osso-Service in
> > > the .desktop file.
> > > 
> > > Here's a .desktop file that works properly:
> > > 
> > > [ville~/qtdone]|4>   cat qtdone.desktop
> > > [Desktop Entry]
> > > Encoding=UTF-8
> > > Version=1.0
> > > Type=Application
> > > Name=qtdone
> > > Exec=/usr/bin/qtdone
> > > Icon=qtdone
> > > StartupWMClass=qtdone
> > > X-Window-Icon=qtdone
> > > X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true
> > > X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
> > > Terminal=false
> > > 
> > I have a similar desktop file in my application and it shows up in the
> > menu. But I can't place a shortcut/link on the active screen. I would
> > like to do it during installation. Also my icon does not show up
> > properly. The code is available on http://confmgr.garage.maemo.org/.
> > Would be great if someone can point me in the right direction.
> > 
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> > > Ville M. Vainio @@ Forum Nokia
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