So my problem is that, while installing Eclipse, I created some desktop files in different locations, installing them all (I was trying to solve a bug, hence the need for repeatedly installing .desktop files. Somewhere along the line I must have created one in an alternate directory).  But anyways, my dilemma now is that when I search "Eclipse" from Unity Search I get two icons in the results. One is the one I wanted to use (i.e. the .desktop file with the correct settings, arguments), and the other is absolutely useless. However for the life of me, I can't figure out where the useless entry is located. I've tried just using Nautilus's search to find .desktop files, but it only gives me the correct .desktop file. I have no idea where the .desktop with the incorrect information is located; the only way I can locate it is through the search bar of Unity.  I'm reasonably sure that I've created a soft link to it in my bin; not sure though. Anyways, my question here is whether there's some way to locate files from Unity search. Dragging the result into Terminal doesnt seem to work, and the search feature is supremely unhelpful concerning file paths.  [Subquestion with no real answer]: I'm also looking for a better desktop environment. I really hate having to make .desktop files just to get a program into the Unity toolbar, and long for just being able to drag-and-drop a program in like Windows. Any help here?  Anyways, thanks!
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I'm trying to use the dash instead of gnome-do, but I can't find files. "Find files" only returns "Top Results".  In gnome-do, I was able to set some often-used directories to index. For example, I have a folder called "ToRead" that's full of pdf files. I could search for pdf. Then I can browse the pdf files in ToRead and open files without using my mouse. Ideally, I want to replicate this functionality within the Dash/Places interface. Is this possible?  If not, what's the shortest way to do it?    Clarifications:   "Files &amp; Folders" does not do what I want. It only shows files I've used recently. I'd like to be able to do this without using the mouse and without having to hit Tab hundreds of times. I don't need my search to be indexed. A file system crawl (but only in the directories I set) is fine.
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Where are the files for the desktop or the interface that appears on the screen stored? And how can we edit them. How are they programmed?  What programming language is used to built the interfaces?
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This is the situation:     Working on (the next version of) a Unity Quick List editor, I would like to add a reliable way of "restarting" launcher icons. To do so, I need to remove the icon (editing gsettings) and replace it on the same position. So far no problem. However, if the application in question is running, user will possibly lose data, as the application will quit when it's icon is removed from the launcher. What I need is a reliable way to find an application's process name, to let the editor check in the list of running processes if the application is running, and send a warning message to the user that the icon can not be restarted if the application is running.  What I did so far is make the editor look into the desktop file, to read the command, also read the command, stripped from the directory section, and furthermore look into possible remote scripts the desktop file command might refer to, looking for strings starting with "./"  Although the method seems to work well with all applications I tested it on, I have the feeling there must be an easier way to cover the problem in an "all in one" way...  Is there?  Also suggestions to catch more exceptional situations are welcome!
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I started by searching guides. I found  but neither of the main methods works anymore in 11.10.   The first solution, I have created the desktop file, however the file location given as .gconf-&gt; desktop-&gt; unity-&gt; launcher -&gt; favourites no longer exists. I can get to /home/sayth/.gconf/desktop but there is no longer a unity folder. The second solution described right-clicking the desktop and creating a launcher. Right-clicking the desktop no longer produces a "create a launcher" option.   I manually installed geany 0.21 as the one in the repo's is outdated. It's installed and working correctly, and is executing from /usr/local/bin/geany.  How can I add it to the launcher?
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There's already  which point to various executables (with or without full path). , not necessarily the name of the executable (in xterm it's xterm-color, and in gnome-terminal it's xterm-256color). Is there a variable which is expected to contain the name or path of the executable to use as the default terminal in Linux? (Or Arch Linux, if there is a custom convention.) Maybe this is nonsensical, since GUI programs are rarely spawned from shells which know of these variables…
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I wonder, isn't still there  an easy way to create a desktop shortcut in Ubuntu 14.04 (or Unity)? There is no context menu on desktop doing this.   So I tried the following: I looked for an app I want to create a shortcut for in the dash, then I tried to drag it to the desktop. And guess what? I got the error:
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I downloaded the Linux Eclipse installer from its site. By default, it is installed in home folder. No desktop shortcuts nothing else. Just a copy to a folder.  How can I install it the same way as is installed by sudo apt-get install eclipse?
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Looking for a utility that allows me insert an item into the list of applications that GNOME knows about.   For example: I have downloaded Eclipse EE (I have some very special plugins that I need to work with, and those plugins don't "like" the version available in the default repository). I'm using GNOME 3, on Ubuntu 11.10. So I want to execute Eclipse w/o opening a terminal and running it.   It must be something very simple.
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Being a newbee with Ubuntu, I still struggle quite a lot with setting up desktop icons to my apps.  I am currently trying to setup a desktop icon to Arduino IDE and I don't know enough to properly set it up.  Here's the current setup.  I have installed Arduino-1.6.7 in a folder by that name in my home folder.  At present, the only way I can run it is to go to the terminal, CD to the  Arduino-1.6.7 folder and then run it with $ ./arduino.  This works but obviously, I would rather run it with a simple icon.    I have tried to use  method, but when I browse to /usr/share/applications, there is no icon for Arduino.  Thank you for being part of the village that raises this idiot.
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This might already be answered, but I can't find it.   I am getting a bit bored of the traditional purple feel of unity and I would like something new. Where can I find more Unity themes?  I have already tried synaptic, but could not find anything. I would rather avoid people's personal PPA's.
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When launching java programs (like IntelliJ IDEA and Crashplan) in Natty's Unity launcher, duplicate icons are shown (see image).  For IntelliJ I created the .desktop file, for Crashplan the .desktop file is supplied with the application.  Is there something that can be changed in the .desktop files (or somewhere else) that can prevent this from occurring?  I couldn't find a bug report for unity itself but programs like Gnome-Do/Docky have   and had to make internal changes to their applications to prevent this.   In this image the 1st icon is the one created from the .desktop file and the second icon is after launching it.  Second icon disappears when closing the application.  Custom IntelliJ .desktop file  #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon[en_US]=/opt/idea/bin/idea128.png Name[en_US]=IntelliJ IDEA Exec=/opt/idea/bin/idea.sh Name=IntelliJ IDEA Icon=/opt/idea/bin/idea128.png StartupNotify=true   Crashplan provide .desktop file  [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=CrashPlan Categories=; Comment=CrashPlan Desktop UI Comment[en_CA]=CrashPlan Desktop UI Exec=/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanDesktop Icon=/usr/local/crashplan/skin/icon_app_64x64.png Hidden=false Terminal=false Type=Application GenericName[en_CA]=
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I'm able to locate stuff with the dash home then drag it down to the launcher bar on the left of the desktop, but what if the application installed via Wine isn't found via the dash search? I've right clicked on the application in the .wine directory and found no options to create a launcher either.
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as the title:  How can I find which desktop environment I am using?  I want to accomplish this using command line.
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How can I create a new Ubuntu desktop environment/window manager?   lists a lot of available environments, but how can I create a new one?  What are the steps to create an Ubuntu desktop environment/window manager?
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I know the file needs to be where the getClass().getResource(filename) can find it, but I don't know where that is.  I'm interested both in where to put the files on the filesystem itself, and how to go about using Eclipse's functionality to set up the resources.
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I had a look at the .desktop files on my 12.04 Ubuntu system, and many of them do not have a full path specification for their icon file.  It is rather something like:  Icon=anjuta   or  Icon=vlc   or   Icon=application-x-clementine   Is there a common path where icons can be stored so that this can work ? If not, how does this work ? If I try to do the same thing with my own icons I have to specify the full path.  e.g.  Icon=/usr/local/share/my-icon.png   works fine, but  Icon=my-icon.png   will fail.  Any kind of help is welcome!
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As of now, my desktop has begun showing the contents of my home folder (~) instead of the contents of ~/desktop. I must have changed something, but I have no idea what, or what I was doing exactly when it happened.  How do I re-point gnome to the right folder?  I'm running Ubuntu 11.04.