desklaunch(1)

desklaunch1

A small utility for creating desktop icons

Usage

desklaunch

Desklaunch takes no options

Overview

DeskLaunch is a small utility for creating desktop icons. A simple click will launch the desired application.
You need to create a file called .desklaunchrc in your home directory.

Files

${HOME}/.desklaunchrc

Example rcfile

icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm.xpm:XTerm:xterm
icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/netscape.xpm:Netscape:netscape

The format of the file is: icon=x:y:xpm_image:tooltip:command
where x:y is the position of the icon
xpm_image is the /path/to/pixmap
tooltip is the name of the icon launchers
and command is the command to execute once clicked.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0–3.1
  2. 4.0–5.0
  3. 6.0–11

Authors

Ken Lynch<[email protected]>
Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
Stefan Pfetzing <[email protected]> (c) 2002-2010
This manpage was written by Brandon L. Griffith <[email protected]> because the origonal program did not include one.

From desklaunch 1.1.8+b2 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.