View Single Post
marxian's Avatar
Posts: 2,448 | Thanked: 9,523 times | Joined on Aug 2010 @ Wigan, UK
#63
Originally Posted by noetus View Post
Also, just figured this one out, if you want to deactivate an icon in the main app screen but without deactivating the application (so MeeFolders can still call it from within its own folder app and icon, for example), you can add the following line to its .desktop

[code]
NotShowIn=X-MeeGo;
[\code]

EDIT. Marxian posted the latest version that enables you to rename .desktop files to disable the icon. But I'd consider adding this line to the .desktop file better practice than renaming it (as I had earlier suggested), because renaming the .desktop file could have unexpected consequences with other apps or with the system.
Using the NotShowIn key was my intended method of hiding desktop files, for the reasons you explain. Also, having a copy of the desktop file means that any changes to the original file (say, from an application update) will not be reflected.
__________________
'Men of high position are allowed, by a special act of grace, to accomodate their reasoning to the answer they need. Logic is only required in those of lesser rank.' - J K Galbraith

My website

GitHub