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I am trying to launch teamspeak from an icon in the launcher. I followed this guide How to add a shell script to launcher as shortcut . The launcher works fine. My gripe is that it still opens a shell. When I try and open the other applications on the launcher, it does not open any terminals. I can't understand why. How do I stop the shell opening, or have I just implemented it wrong?

Separate to the main issue, where can I find icon's that I can use on the launcher side panel? And does it matter what size they are, or does Linux scale the image to size when you drag it onto the launcher?

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=unmount-mount
Icon=/usr/bin/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/Dakirby309-Simply-Styled-TeamSpeak.i‌​co
Exec=/usr/bin/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/ts3client_runscript.sh
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  • The question (and answer) about the icon should really be a different question; they're great (and apply to more than teamspeak), but they're lost to future readers here. – alexis Jun 06 '15 at 14:03
  • @alexis http://askubuntu.com/questions/633028/how-can-i-make-an-icon-for-my-new-laucnher/633029#633029 – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 14:10

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  1. We need to know what you've put in the .desktop file.

    Try editing the Terminal= line to be false:

    Terminal=false

  2. I put all my icons in /usr/share/icons and I save them as a .png or a .svg. SVG is better (scalable), but can be a larger file size. Remember, this icon will be used for Alt+Tab switcher as well as the launcher and Dash search.

    Icon=/usr/share/icons/teamspeak.svg

    can be changed to just teamspeak if the icon is called teamspeak.svg (or .png) and is saved in /usr/share/icons (or the current folder for your icon pack).

  3. Just made you an icon.

    Get the SVG here.

    Linux will scale it for you.

My pronouns are He / Him

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  • If you like Tim's answer give him an upvote ^ , if he solved your problem, click grey checkmark to accept this answer. Thanks ! – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jun 06 '15 at 11:24
  • @Serg he can't upvote yet :) – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 11:24
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    because of 3 rep ? Well, no problem, other members of the community can upvote, but it's important to accept answers,though – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jun 06 '15 at 11:25
  • Hi Tim,

    Unfortunately nobody has told me how to format the code properly on my posts, so you will just have to look at the jumble of config below to see the config in the desktop file.

    [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=true Name=unmount-mount Icon=/usr/bin/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/Dakirby309-Simply-Styled-TeamSpeak.ico Exec=/usr/bin/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/ts3client_runscript.sh

    And hell yeah that works turning terminal to false.

     – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 11:44
  • @johnsmith okay, yes. You need to make the terminal=true line be =false, like in the answer here. The other things I suggested are up to you. – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 11:46
  • @johnsmith now you have enough reputation – A.B. Jun 06 '15 at 11:47
  • @johnsmith if this is helpful, you can click the Tick, and / or the Upvote. I'm happy to keep helping if you still have issues with it though :) – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 11:48
  • Thanks Tim. I just have to ask, how did you get/make the icon? My primary worry is that I don't know how to get icons and/or if they will scale – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 11:49
  • @johnsmith I googled for the Teamspeak icon, and then made it in a free program called Inkscape. If you use the SVG file at this link: https://openclipart.org/detail/220211/teamspeak-logo Ubuntu will scale it automatically! – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 11:54
  • Ok great I will test it. It is only .SVG and .PNG files it scales? I think i used an .ico file or something when I added mine (never even heard of any of them except .png).

    1 last thing (thanks for helping me btw), how can i paste lots of shell commands/code to this website and make it format my code correctly? I know you can do 4 spaces on each line, but I haven't nescessarily got time to indent large scripts with 4 spaces every time.

     – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 11:58
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    png doesn't scale. Only vector graphics files do, so for this, only svg will. To format it properly, select it all and press Ctrl+K, or click the {} button. – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 12:05
  • Hey, just tried highlighting and pressing ctrl K on the lines below, didn't work for me,

    [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=false Name=ts3 Icon=/usr/share/icons/ts.svg Exec=/usr/bin/TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64/ts3client_runscript.sh

     – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 12:27
  • It only works in question and answers, not comments. – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 12:38
  • @johnsmith, look here for information on how to compose text in this site. Also, while editing a question you can click the question mark on the top right to reveal a help menu. – alexis Jun 06 '15 at 14:35
  • Not sure why they don't just allow you to wrap stuff in
    . Would instantly fix the problem with pasting code on this site.     – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 15:15
  • @johnsmith they do, but I edit it out. We use markdown which means you can read the contents easier before it is rendered - seeing something in 4 spaces makes it obvious what it is than keeping track of html tags – Tim Jun 06 '15 at 15:27
  • Ok. Tim would you be able to help me with something else? Nobody on the whole internet seems to be able to fix my problem (at least it feels that way right now).https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/38smv2/steam_doesnt_work_with_ubuntu_1504/ – john smith Jun 06 '15 at 16:08