# Arch Desktop Project

## What is it?

The Desktop Project aims to fill the hole left by many applications developers: the .desktop files. These files are the ones that allow you, in a FreeDesktop-compliant WM/DE, to see the installed applications in the system menu, along with their icon, allowing you to access them in an easy way. Unfortunately, many applications do not include a .desktop file, so you have to write one yourself or launch them from a command line.

## What can you do?

Just add the graphical applications you use that are not listed in your system menu to the list below. I (bardo) will write/modify the necessary files and notify the corresponding maintainers so they can be added to the packages. Of course any help/comment/critic is really appreciated :)

## List of applications

### Missing file

- apricots
- bittornado (missing for btdownloadgui.py, btcompletedirgui.py, btmaketorrentgui.py)
- carworld
- chromium
- dosbox (.desktop and icon files available from dosbox-cvs)
- drscheme (fix proposed in BR#7571)
- empathy
- eric
- flashplayer-standalone
- flobopuyo
- gkrellm
- gmencoder (see FS#6568)
- gnuplot
- gtick (see FS#9675)
- hedgewars
- imgseek
- k9copy
- kobodeluxe
- lbreakout2
- lincity
- lyx (note, can get icons from wiki.lyx.org - LyX Icons)
- nedit (see FS#9677)
- openmovieeditor
- pdfedit
- picard
- pinball
- puzzles
- pysolfc
- ripperx
- scummvm
- winetools
- wireshark (see FS#7437)
- xmahjongg
- xpenguins
- xsane
- xscorch
- zsnes

### Broken

- apvlv (apvlv doesn't support postscript nor eps. the only valid mime type is application/pdf)
- denemo
- ettercap (missing icon)
- evince (present, but doesn't show up in XFCE menu)
- galculator (uncommon icon???; I suggeset /usr/share/pixmaps/galculator/galculator_48x48.png or .../galculator.svg icon)
- gqview (doesn't validate)
- nmapfe (lacks proper icon)
- opera 9.50-0.13 (lacks icon; from arch x86_64 testing repo; I found actual icon graphic doesn't exist) (icon is now included)
- xvkbd (missing icon)

### Fixed

- acidrip (included in the package)
- atanks (included in the package)
- gtkpod (included upstream)
- neverball (included in the package)
- osmo (included upstream)
- smc (included in the package)
- xmoto (included in the package)

## See also

- DeveloperWiki:Removal_of_desktop_files

Category:

- Arch development