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[Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx>]

Am 28.07.2010 11:11, schrieb Lee Gold:
> Hi,
>
> User question,
>
> Are there clear easy to follow instructions on how to make desktop launchers in lubuntu? It should be easy but I could not do it even after Googling it. Yes I can right click an existing app in the menu. But let's say I upgrade to a new version before the repository has it  and "manually" install it. Then how do I make a launcher? Right now I just start things from the terminal but would prefer a clickable icon. How do I make a launcher?
>
> Thanks
>
>   
You can find most launchers in /usr/share/applications. If you open up
one of those with a simple texteditor you will see the structure of an
*.desktop file. I think its easy to understand and to reproduce.
There is also an app avaiable called lxshortcut that allows you to
easily create such a desktop file.
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXShortCut