On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 06:07:39PM -0700, Heppler, J. Scott wrote: > You can use the launcher function in tint2 > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tint2 > > The launcher function uses *.desktop entries in > /usr/local/share/applications/. You need to create your own > /usr/local/share/applications/xterm.desktop and within that entry you > can specify whatever icon you want.
Yes, but this only affects the launcher icon. As soon as I press the launcher button, xterm pops up in the tint2 taskbar using the old ugly icon. I should've been more precise: fbpanel lets me change the xterm icon for all new and existing instances of xterm in the tint2 taskbar. Xterm seem to be somewhat of a special case when it comes to its icon.. > This is cleaner than having two panels. Agreed. > In daemonforums I put together an approximation of an LXDE desktop - it > includes the xterm.desktop launcher I described above. > http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=10230 Nice. Thanks. I'm running cwm and try to avoid loading to much DE shit, so I'll have a closer look at your configs. Probably best to take it off-list from here? > > I'm using fbpanel to have tint2 show a cooler icon for Xterm than the > > default one. Before until I discovered this -- eh, feature? -- I used to > > compile xterm from sources whenever I updated with a new snapshot. > > > > Probably stupid beyond belief, but seriously: I never found a way to > > change the icon. Try not to think too bad of me.. Erling
