Kate desktop icon is missing on Solus Budgie.

elfprince

How do I create a desktop icon for Kate?

I noticed that on my Budgie Kate only comes as a terminal app. How do I create an icon for the desktop and for my panel?

brent

I take it that dragging the icon our of the menu and trying to cram it into panel (50% success rate for me 🙂 ) or desktop is not working? Or no menu icon at all?

elfprince

brent Or no menu icon at all?

That one. 😄

brent

elfprince
that's unusual.
wonder if you got to find the right .svg and set the path to it in the .desktop file...except I get the feeling there is no .desktop file.
Eh, got nothing!

stocc

According to the pspec_x86_64.xml file for the package in the repo, there is a .desktop file at:
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop

elfprince

stocc Thank you for that. What would be the next steps(s)?

stocc

elfprince I would have assumed that if the .desktop file exists you would have had an entry for it in the Budgie Menu. It's not really my area of expertise. Can you check the file exists and paste its contents here? Also, paste the output of the command which kate

brent

this is the .desktop file for gedit.
icon points to "org.gnome.gedit" which I imagine is some svg in specific folder.
Let me look.
..ok I see "org.gnome.gedit" in a couple icon folders.

Your Icon=probably says something but you may need to get a kde-specific icon theme is my best guess.

brent

this is the .desktop file for gedit.
icon points to "org.gnome.gedit" which I imagine is some svg in specific folder.
Let me look.
..ok I see "org.gnome.gedit" in a couple icon folders.

Your Icon=probably says something but you may need to get a kde-specific icon theme is my best guess.

brent

or do a /home search forwhatever.kate.icon.is.calledin Icon=...and see if it exists on your install

elfprince

brent icon simply called 'kate' - which rings no bells.

elfprince

stocc ```$ which kate
/bin/kate

```[Desktop Action Session fefd15a030dd552c2992accaac3772e6]
Exec=kate -n -s 'Euphoria Practice'
Name=Euphoria Practice

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Session fefd15a030dd552c2992accaac3772e6;
Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;TextEditor;Development;
Comment=KDE Advanced Text Editor
Exec=kate -b %U
GenericName=Advanced Text Editor
Icon=kate
InitialPreference=9
Keywords=text;txt;editor;programming;programmer;development;developer;code;
MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;
Name=Kate
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=kate
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.kde.kate
X-DBUS-StartupType=Multi
X-DocPath=kate/index.html
X-KDE-HasTempFileOption=true
/home/sasha/.local/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop (END)

brent

elfprince KDE outside my expertise so all spitballing here

generic placeholder name?

I have some icon themes that a 'kde-centric' let me search...

so I have Kate.svg in two icons themes: besgnulinux and bes-teal.

Have to conclude all your icons themes are native gtk (no kate) and you need a 'kde' icon set with kate.svg in it.
again, don't know KDE stuff well but maybe someone can tell you what a good theme to try here is?

edit: do a search for Kate just for giggles
ANYONE ELSE IN PLASMA: what does your kate.desktop look as far as Icon= ?

stocc

elfprince That desktop entry looks a bit odd to me. Did you manually create it? It appears to be in your .local/share/applications directory. Does the /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop file exist? Perhaps test by renaming the one in your .local/share/applications directory and see if Kate then shows up in the Budgie menu.

Citfta

Here is the Kate icon from Plasma.

alfisya

There is so much confusion about how .desktop file works on this thread.

First, the application should ship at least one .desktop file and one icon file (SVG or PNG). There are exceptions to this, but lets not get into it now.

Second, in the .desktop file, it must specified which icon should this app uses. For example, Kate specified icon=kate in its .desktop file. So, it will use icon named "kate" that can be found on /usr/share/icons or ~/.local/share/icons.

Third, by default it will use the icon theme you set on your desktop. If the icon theme you set doesn't provide "kate" icon, then it will use its own icon which is usually installed on /usr/share/icons/hicolor. Kate does ship its own icon.

I suspect there is something else that caused @elfprince problem.

brent

alfisya I suspect there is something else that caused @elfprince problem.

if kate.svg came bundled with Kate then that's the only thing left to conclude.

Thanks for the .desktop tutorial I was always curious about "Second, in the .desktop file, it must specified which icon should this app uses. For example, Kate specified icon=kate in its .desktop file. So, it will use icon named "kate" that can be found on /usr/share/icons or ~/.local/share/icons" . I knew it was specifically linked but not to what. noted.

elfprince

alfisya Thank you for that clear explanation.

So, the problem is that when I activate kate on the terminal line, kate icon shows up in my plank. However, I cannot make it permanent. It disappears when I close kate.
I also cannot see the kate app among the desktop program selection.

Axios

elfprince You have to drag it over to the other icons on plank before you close it
if you leave it where it is it will go away.

I have programs not show up in the plank apps plugin but if I use the budgie menu they show up.
So I keep both handy..lol

brent

elfprince So, the problem is that when I activate kate on the terminal line, kate icon shows up in my plank. However, I cannot make it permanent. It disappears when I close kate.

with Plank, it;s never consistent between apps i.e. what apps get 'keep in dock' option and which do not...

stocc folder does the /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop file exist?

that's the only folder it should be in, concur

elfprince

stocc Does the /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop file exist?

Yes, it does. It has millions of locale entries, so I cannot list it here. 😄 But icon says kate.

UPDATE: I just deleted the .local/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop file, and wham! kate appeared in my desktop menu!

All solved! Thanks to all who helped!