Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT

From	Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT
Date	2020-05-04 17:10 +0200
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On Mon, 04 May, 2020 at 16:28:30 +0200, Yvan Masson wrote:
> No problem Didier, I appreciate all answers, even not on the list :-)
> 
> I had not read the Freedesktop wiki before, but unfortunately it does not
> help: I thought the solution was here when it says icon "has to have the
> same name as the executable", but tried it without luck (and many well-know
> programs do not conform to this statement, see simple-scan for example).
> 
> I just read again the "icon naming spec" and "desktop-entry-spec" but I
> still fail to find the the cause of this issue.
> 
> Any other idea, even eccentric, is welcome!
> 
> Le 04/05/2020 à 15:37, didier gaumet a écrit :
> > my apologies to Yvan, I replied to him by e-mail (clicked too hastily)
> > 
> > I am not knowledgeable at all about this subject but perhaps you will
> > find some hints there?
> >   https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Howto_desktop_files/
> > 

Just to clarify ... did you specify the absolute path to the icon or
not? If not, where did you install the icon file?

PS Please don't top-post.

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Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-04 10:50 +0200
  Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-05-04 15:40 +0200
    Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-04 16:40 +0200
      Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2020-05-04 17:10 +0200
        Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-04 21:30 +0200
          Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-04 22:30 +0200
            Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2020-05-04 23:00 +0200
              Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-04 23:10 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2020-05-05 12:50 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-05 16:00 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-05 16:50 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-05 17:10 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-05 21:00 +0200
                Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr> - 2020-05-06 15:00 +0200
          Re: Custom application icon do not appear in Gnome and LXQT Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2020-05-04 22:30 +0200

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