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I took henrique's ayttm.dsl , and added a smiley desktop icon. The Mrs. wanted a "point & click" way to run ayttm , as she uses it to keep in touch with all her family. See DSL repository - named ayttm2.dsl
Thanks henrique,
73 ke4ntke4nt, how did you add that icon??? I've been wondering how it's done.if you look at the .dsl packages that have desktop icons they have what appears to be a tree that leads to 'damnsmall' but is empty (/home/damnsmall/(nothing here!!!!). What you don't see is there is a . folder, i.e. hidden, that is used for the desktop. the ".xtdesktop" folder has 2 files needed for an icon to appear.
1) A png of the icon itsself 2) A lnk file that describes the icon and tells linux what to run.
Look at the new dsl and you will see what i mean. I couldn't figure it out untill i looked at these two chat files and found that hidden folder. Hope this helps
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there is a . folder, i.e. hidden, that is used for the desktop. the ".xtdesktop" folder has 2 files needed for an icon to appear.
1) A png of the icon itsself 2) A lnk file that describes the icon and tells linux what to run.
All the icons for your entire desktop are stored in your .xtdesktop folder under /home/damnsmall.
The icons need not be .png format, as .jpg or .gif works as well.
I simply add the necessary files to the unzipped and untarred .dsl contents, and re-tar and re-gzip it back up.
Usually good to check file ownership as well while your in there.
