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| author | Joe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-01-06 12:59:27 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-01-06 12:59:27 -0800 |
| commit | a61e000f989bde05b4a26e88334c30063dc8e6cf (patch) | |
| tree | 869ce688d87812af4b7e4ab38eafc558ba209714 | |
| parent | f69f8b87c3ae179b81931f97d859a434fa48d098 (diff) | |
| parent | 5226cfe5624290111779dd57bc6139676eded76d (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #92 from amikhalev/add-desktop-entry
Added a freedesktop.org desktop entry and instructions for using it to README.md
| -rwxr-xr-x | Alacritty.desktop | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 10 |
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diff --git a/Alacritty.desktop b/Alacritty.desktop new file mode 100755 index 00000000..89242f43 --- /dev/null +++ b/Alacritty.desktop @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +[Desktop Entry] +Type=Application +TryExec=alacritty +Exec=alacritty +Icon=utilities-terminal +Terminal=false +Catagories=System;TerminalEmulator + +Name=Alacritty +GenericName=Terminal +Comment=A cross-platform, GPU enhanced terminal emulator @@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ If all goes well, this should place a binary at `target/release/alacritty`. many things (such as arrow keys) would not work. If you're on macOS, you'll need to change the `monospace` font family to something like `Menlo`. +### Desktop Entry + +Many linux distributions support desktop entries for adding applications to +system menus. To install the desktop entry for Alacritty, run + +```sh +sudo cp target/release/alacritty /usr/local/bin # or anywhere else in $PATH +cp Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications +``` + ### Configuration Although it's possible the default configuration would work on your system, |