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[Rem P Roberti]

Mike Massonnet wrote:
> Le Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:29:53 -0800,
> Rem P Roberti <remegius at comcast.net> a écrit :
>
>   
>>> Have a look at xfce4-appfinder, from which you can drag and drop to
>>> the desktop (or the panel).
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> What about apps that don't show up in the appfinder? For example, I
>> use grisbi for my accounting, and have it installed. I would love to
>> be able to call
>> it up from the desktop.
>>
>> Rem
>>     
>
> Right click a desktop icon, from there you should be able to click a
> menu item that allows to create a new desktop launcher.  It should be a
> nice dialog, where you can type the name of the program to execute.  I
> may be wrong aswell.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>   
You know, I'm able to bring up the launcher, plug in the command,
and fetch the right icon, but when I hit "create" nothing shows up
on the desktop.

Cheers,
Rem