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====.desktop files====
~##.desktop## files are the standard way for Linux programs to provide information about themselves and how they are run.  These files are stored at ##/usr/share/applications##.  Many programs come ready with a .desktop file.  If a menu entry is required include one.  Here is the example of [[AbiWord AbiWord's]]:-

~%%[Desktop Entry]
Exec=abiword 
Icon=/usr/share/icons/abiword_48.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=X-DocumentUtility;
StartupNotify=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.9
MimeType=application/x-abiword;text/x-abiword;text/x-xml-abiword;text/plain;application/msword;application/rtf;application/vnd.plain;application/xhtml+xml;text/html;application/x-crossmark;application/docbook+xml;application/x-t602;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;text/vnd.wap.wml;application/wordperfect6;application/wordperfect5.1;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/x-abicollab;
Name=AbiWord WordProcessor
GenericName=Word Processor
Comment=Compose, edit, and view documents
Name[de]=Textverarbeitung
Comment[de]=AbiWord Textverarbeitung
Name[nb]=Tekstbehandling
Comment[nb]=AbiWord Tekstbehandling
... (more languages) ...
Name[ja]=AbiWord ワードプロセッサ
Comment[ja]=AbiWord ワードプロセッサ%%

~##Exec=## - Program's execute line.  There may be no need to include '%F' if a program is only started from a menu and won't have a file passed to it.

~##Categories=## - Entry controls which submenu they appears in.  Run ##fixmenus## and restart window manager after making alterations.  

~##Icon=## - If the icon is in folder ##/usr/share/pixmaps/## there is no need to include the its path (JWM automatically looks here)

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[SoftwarePackageCreation]]
~[[DesktopApplicationIntegration Desktop Application Integration]]
~[[JWMMenuCategory Menu Entry]]
~[[PuppyMenu Puppy Menu]]
~[[Configure PuppyMenu|]]
~[[JWM JWM window manager]]
~[[WindowManagers Window Managers]]

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