Theme-agnostic desktop entries

Posted by jodrell@spod.uk.net on 2003-08-01 00:00:00 +(8)-

If you've ever hand-written a desktop entry file, you'll know that each file contains an "icon=icon.png" line that specifies the image used.

If you're writing a desktop entry file, you should try not to enter an absolute path for the icon. If you use just the base name of the icon (ie "gnome-gimp.png" instead of "/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-gimp.png"), then if your icon theme provides its own version of that file, the desktop entry will use that, and your entry will maintain consistency with the rest of the desktop.