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# Idesk

From ArchWiki

Idesk is a simple program for putting icons on your X desktop. It can also manage your wallpaper with a built in changer similar to that found in Windows 7.

## Installation

Install idesk from the official repositories, then set up in your home directory:

    $ mkdir ~/.idesktop
    $ cp /usr/share/idesk/dot.ideskrc ~/.ideskrc

optional:

    $ cp /usr/share/idesk/default.lnk ~/.idesktop/

(the default icon just runs Xdialog to display a little message but can be used as a template)

## Configuration

The idesk package doesn't come with a man page, but it does come with a readme file: `/usr/share/idesk/README`. There's also documentation on SourceForge.net, even though most of the options are self-explanatory.

### Background options

If you're using another program for setting wallpaper (such as feh) the defaults will work fine (you may want to set `Background.File` and `Background.Source` to "/" to silence the error messages).

`Background.Source` seems to take predence over `Background.File`; however, it is ignored if `Background.Delay` is set to 0.

Supported wallpaper formats include JPEG, PNG, GIF, and XPM.

### Icons

Idesk looks in `~/.idesktop` for files which names end with `.lnk` for icons. Each file should define one icon (if you attempt to define a second icon is will be silently ignored). Aside from ending with `.lnk`, the files' names are not important.

Example for Chromium:

    chromium.lnk

    table Icon
      Caption: Chromium
      ToolTip.Caption: Google's OSS Web Browser
      Icon: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/chromium.png
      Width: 32
      Height: 32
      X: 977
      Y: 369
      Command[0]: chromium
    end

`Width` and `Height` should match the actual dimensions of the icon. `X` and `Y` will be modified by idesk to reflect the icon's actual position.

## Issues

I've noticed that icons seem to show the contents of semi-transparent urxvt windows that are on other desktops... I'm not sure it this's the fault of idesk, urxvt, OpenBox, or xcompmgr. It's not that irritating, so I do not plan to look into it, but it is odd... --Solarshado 01:09, 3 November 2010 (EDT)

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