Godot: Add Linux Icon to godot executable

[Gibbz]

Operating system or device - Godot version:
2.1
ubuntu 16.04

Issue description (what happened, and what was expected):
id like to see an icon added so that when i create a shortcut to it it displays as something meaning full.

[karroffel]

Executables usually don't have icons in most Linux DEs, what makes icons appear on the desktop or in the main menu is usually a .desktop file which can link to the executable and an icon.

The exporter could be modified to create a .desktop file.

[Gibbz]

yeah that might be an option.
usually there is a /usr/share/applications/ contains all the links for all apps on a linux machine.
I assume if there was an option in the editor settings to create shortcuts, to make a .dekstop file in this location, it would allow a user to select godot from their application selector...

[karroffel]

Hmm, usually when you're exporting the game that means that you're the developer. I personally don't need my game to be "installed" to my system while exporting. It might be a good idea to include an "installation script" that creates a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/.

For me exporting is just a local operation - I don't want an export to install the game right away.

But that's just an opinion. It could be done, would require root rights though. .local/share/applications might be the better place. But I still think an export shouldn't "install" anything.

[Gibbz]

Oh im not talking about my game here, im talking about the godot
binary/editor itself.

On 8 Jan 2017 10:46 PM, "Karroffel" [e-mail] wrote:

Hmm, usually when you're exporting the game that means that you're the
developer. I personally don't need my game to be "installed" to my system while
exporting. It might be a good idea to include an "installation script"
that creates a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/.

For me exporting is just a local operation - I don't want an export to
install the game right away.

But that's just an opinion. It could be done, would require root rights
though. .local/share/applications might be the better place. But I still
think an export shouldn't "install" anything.

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[karroffel]

Ah, like a make install but for Scons.

That's doable.

[timoschwarzer]

What about AppImages? They do have icons. http://appimage.org

[ghost]

Duplicate of #6405 ?

[akien-mga]

Indeed.