On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:39:01 -0800, Barry Yu <barryyupuilee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Leandro Melo wrote: > >I've installed a program under /usr/. > >How can I create a shortcut to this program and place it on my > >desktop, so I could start this program just by clicking over it's > >icon? > At the desktop where is empty, right click and you will see 1 of the > items is add launcher, select it and you will see adding description to > this launcher ( short cut), and which program this launcher is going to > execute, and icon to choose from. If it's a standalone executable that creates its own windows (and doesn't need to be run inside a terminal or anything), you can get by without creating a launcher by something as simple as, $ cd ~/Desktop $ ln -s /usr/bin/my_new_program . This of course is not the the official way and you don't get a lot of extras (like icons or multilingual labels), but it's quick and does work (at least under Gnome). -- Deron Meranda
