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Take a look at [http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ the .desktop Free Desktop Spec] to find our more about the key/value pairs above. It's important to pick a good set of Categories, see the spec for a list of valid values. | Take a look at [http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ the .desktop Free Desktop Spec] to find our more about the key/value pairs above. It's important to pick a good set of Categories, see the spec for a list of valid values. | ||
== Your project == | |||
In your project you need to take care the .desktop file is distributed to the appropriate place. | |||
In case you are working on a qmake based project, add the following to your .pro file: | |||
'''target.path = /usr/local/bin''' | |||
desktop.path = /usr/share/applications | |||
desktop.files += your-app.desktop | |||
'''INSTALLS += target''' desktop | |||
Note that the bold strings above should be in your project anyway. | |||
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Desktop File
In order for your application to show up in menus and/or to be automatically associated with mime types in file browsers, you need to provide a .desktop file like follows:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=your-app %u
MimeType=application/x-your-mime-type;
Icon=some-icon
X-DocPath=yourapp/index.html
Terminal=false
Name=Your App
GenericName=Some Generic Name
Comment=Short Description Of Your App
Categories=Qt;KDE;
Take a look at the .desktop Free Desktop Spec to find our more about the key/value pairs above. It's important to pick a good set of Categories, see the spec for a list of valid values.
Your project
In your project you need to take care the .desktop file is distributed to the appropriate place. In case you are working on a qmake based project, add the following to your .pro file:
target.path = /usr/local/bin desktop.path = /usr/share/applications desktop.files += your-app.desktop
INSTALLS += target desktop
Note that the bold strings above should be in your project anyway.