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fflarex

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Registered: 2007-09-15

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changing program icons without touching the source...

So, fbpanel and pypanel let you change the icons for apps that appear in the window decorations and panels, but is there a way to do this without a panel? I figure there must be some wm-neutral way, since that's what these programs do, but an openbox-specific answer would be okay too.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

The icon information is stored in the .desktop files. Globally they're in /usr/share/applications. For single users they're stored in ~/.local/share/applications. You can modify them in any text editor.

fflarex

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Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

Either you weren't specific enough, or I didn't make myself quite clear. I meant the icons shown in the window decorations of a window manager. I tried changing the .desktop files and all it did was change the icon in my applications menu. In particular, I tried changing the "Icon=x" line.

skottish

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Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

Sorry about that. It happens automatically in E17, so I assumed it was like that for other WM.

_alexmyself

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From: france

Registered: 2005-09-18

Posts: 89

Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

don't remember exactly, but what you want need to be added on the command line in .desktop for each apps.
something like: command --icon /path/to/somewhere
maybe it's not a word but special code like %u or %U or....
this exists specifically for giving alternative icons to be used by window,
problem is that doc on the xdg stuff is a bit rare....
i'll have a quick look for doc, but i think the best you can do is to find a .desktop with an icon path on the command line and use it as an example.

_alexmyself

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From: france

Registered: 2005-09-18

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Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

found it in an old script of mine:
.desktop code for using this is: %i
this %i have to be replaced by: --icon /path/to/it
normally you can add this to every .desktop you want, put it at the place of the %i or at the end of the command line

fflarex

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Registered: 2007-09-15

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Re: changing program icons without touching the source...

Hrm... can you give an example? I'm not sure I fully understood what you just said.