Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:36:42 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Applications menu folder icons Message-ID: <20031212153643.A1D235D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> of "Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:30:08 EST." <1071199690.70509.12.camel@compass>
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> From: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:30:08 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > Hi everyone, I just installed openoffice and I went to add a new folder > for it to the gnome menu. I used Nautilus and clicked Go --> Start Here > and created a new folder under Applications where i added launchers for > the apps. The problem is that I selected the new folder's properties > and gave the folder an icon but when I use the Applications menu my > custom icon does not show up, instead the default folder icon appears. > If I go into Start Here again, the custom icon is there. I read help, > looked through the FreeBSD gnome FAQ and googled but I can't seem to > find how to change folder icons in the Applications menu. Can somebody > help me with this? I'm running gnome2 2.4.1 from ports which I just > updated two days ago. Thanks a bunch. I have been seeing this same behavior since I moved to Gnome2. I can assign icons to launchers, but not to folders. I have tried to install both icons I imported and simply selecting an icon from another app that was already available, but I still just get the standard "folder" icon. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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