[Mono-list] Questions about cross-platform program icon

[Petit Eric]

2008/12/17 Chris Howie <cdhowie at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Stifu <stifu at free.fr> wrote:
>> Alright, thanks for the info!
>> I guess that leaves Mac out of the equation for me, at least for now, as
>> it'd require me to make a whole little package and be able to test it. So,
>> if I'm not mistaken, the Mac program with a nice icon would be some kind of
>> shortcut that'd open and run the real executable, basically.
>
> Same with Linux usually -- the icon is set by the launcher
> (Linux-speak for shortcut I guess).  You don't have to bundle them
> together, but you're not going to be able to see an icon on an
> application in the file browser if you're looking at the executable
> file directly.  Not for any Linux application.
Not really, the excutable isn't directly the .exe but the script file
(sh) so you cannot change the system shell icon of it.
The only way is to work on the .Desktop file who will go in the menu.
>
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