Icon theming

[arcolinuxz]

Can you add the line

Icon=hwloc

to your .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

It makes your application themable.

[bgoglin]

Hello
Aren't we supposed to distribute a hwloc.foo icon then? Or would the behavior be similar to currently but themes would be able to specify/override a custom icon for lstopo?
Brice

[arcolinuxz]

You can supply your own icon

Most of the time developers put their icons in /usr/share/icons/hicolor

It can be a png or a svg

but

In the .desktop file (in /usr/share/applications) you do not use paths or extensions

so just

Icon=hwloc

Linux will then search for any and all icons with that name - png or svg
When the users chooses the icon theme - Linux will look in that folder for the name "hwloc".

An icon is not 'necessary' as it depends on the icon theme the user selected but if the icon is missing in that theme most icon themes go to hicolor folder/theme as its dependency. So then it will find an icon.

I hope it is clear.
Ask and I will assist.

[bgoglin]

Thanks for the explanation, I applied this.