I have N900 and some troubles with desktop icons.

The case is that i have a python script i want to have a nice shortcut for on my desktop.

What ive done so far is make and put a .desktop file in the /usr/share/applications/hildon folder. Put my icon in the /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps folder. Restarted, nothing is changed.

What have i done wrong? What im trying to do is make a shortcut to my python test app, located in MyDocs/Python/TestApp/main.py

my icon name is simply pytest.png.

Am i putting stuff in the wrong directories?

Did you double check the ownership and permissions of your .png and .desktop files to make sure they match the ownership/permissions of the files around them?

You know that if it works, the Icon would first appear at the bottom of your application menu. You would need to manually add it to your desktop.

I think there was a error in my .desktop file. I open up one of the other desktop files and copyed the needed information and it works.

BUT, if i made a terminal application what whould be the settings then?

im guessing the .desktop file needs to have
Terminal=true
Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm /path/to/file

but this does not work for me

A .desktop file needs alot more values then just Terminal and Exec.

You're best off using an existing .desktop file as a template and modifying the name, exec, and icon fields as needed.

i was thinking of making a pygtk Gui for this.

S.W.I.C
short for shortcut,with,icon,creator.

it would be based on my previous work(con900) as a base

all it would do is bring up a template; you enter in the goods and save it as.
with an option to write a random script(for what ever you like) and save it as with exec flags.

so..
we could have alot of little short cuts to scripts or what ever..

what do you guys think?

@cddiede give me till like mid jan. mostly earlier thou.

ok just for an update the program's substructure is set.
i need help thou. i want to tell python to open and read any ".desktop" file in the working DIR how to?

check this out but it dose not work. it's not like xterm and magic #'s.

o yeah i changed the name to DSC = Desktop.Shortcut.Creator

pm me post here whatever

thanks,

You could use queen beecon for this quite easily.

(not sure)but i think those are "widget's"(correct me if im wrong) im talking full blown desktop shortcut not just on the home screen.

Are you trying to read the filenames of all the .desktop files or are you trying to read their contents?

open() expects a single filename, filename is a string, strings need to be delimited by single-quotes (') or double-quotes ("). So:

This will open THE file named literally *.desktop.

Probably the easiest way to get list of files is:
Once you have that you can iterate through list using open() to get at their contents.