I just installed and started using numix circle icons on Ubuntu 14.04. Unfortunately, the icons for dash search and Emacs haven't changed, either in the dash or on the launcher, even though all the other ones have. Does anybody know why this is happening or how to fix it?
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I eventually figured this out. The secret is to find the .desktop file (for me, this was /usr/share/applications/emacs24.desktop), and open it with sudo in the text editor of your choice. Then, you can edit the icon line to point to your desired icon.
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Sometimes applications use their own paths for the icon.
In this case, Emacs uses the following path:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emacs24.svg
To change this behaviour, the file emacs24.desktop can be changed.
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/emacs24.desktop
Replace this line:
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emacs24.svg
with this line:
Icon=emacs
After that, it may be necessary to restart "Unity":
unity &> /dev/null & disown
