howto associate my custom icon with my program
lazarus / 32-Linux

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jw · 2018-04-27 02:50

Linux mint 18.3 XFCE
FPC 3
lazarus 1.8.0

It seems that Linux ELF's do allow for embedded icon information.  So
loading in my cool icon under project options does nothing; yet
firefox has managed to associate an icon with their app somehow.  So
does anybody know of a way to provide icon information to linux via a
simple stand alone executable with no need for it's own directory etc?

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RAW · 2018-04-27 03:31

On Windows you can do it with RESOURCE HACKER (FREEWARE) or use any
other ResEditor...
Find yourself a nice editor for Linux if you don't like the LAZARUS-
WAY (Project Options -> Applications Settings).

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Phil · 2018-04-27 03:34

Quote from: jw on April 27, 2018, 04:50:23 amLinux mint 18.3 XFCE
FPC 3
lazarus 1.8.0

It seems that Linux ELF's do allow for embedded icon information.  So
loading in my cool icon under project options does nothing; yet
firefox has managed to associate an icon with their app somehow.  So
does anybody know of a way to provide icon information to linux via a
simple stand alone executable with no need for it's own directory etc?

On Ubuntu, an app's .desktop file specifies its icon. See the
lazarus.desktop file in /usr/share/applications. The icon itself
(lazarus.png) is in /usr/share/pixmaps.

Look for Firefox's: find / -name firefox.png

When you install a .deb package, it copies the app's .desktop and icon
.png file to their respective locations.

Embedding the icon in the executable is a Windows thing. That's not
how Linux or macOS does it.

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RAW · 2018-04-27 03:41

QuoteEmbedding the icon in the executable is a Windows thing. That's
not how Linux or macOS does it.
Aaaah, Ok.... Windows is sooooo smart.... of course not every Windows
version...