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How do I create a graphical shortcut to run a program in awesome WM? An icon I can click to launch a program?

Right now, I can only run Firefox by either:

  • launching a terminal, then typing "firefox &",
  • pressing Super+R and typing firefox,
  • editing config files to add a keyboard shortcut.
Nickolai Leschov
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  • @muru My question is for awesome WM specifically. The linked question is about Gnome. – Nickolai Leschov Feb 03 '17 at 16:06
  • Actually, the linked question is pretty much desktop or WM independent - .desktop format is part of the Free Desktop standard. But yes, that gnome tag shouldn't be there. – muru Feb 03 '17 at 16:08
  • This answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/64237/158442, for example, cares nothing at all for the DE or WM – muru Feb 03 '17 at 16:09
  • @muru Now, where do I put those .desktop files. I already have them in Unity, the only problem is where to put them for awesome. – Nickolai Leschov Feb 04 '17 at 13:01
  • awesome, being only a window manager, probably does nothing for the desktop. The desktop is usually handled by a file browser (Nautilus, nemo, etc) so you probably need to set your file browser to do so and put the launchers in your ~/Desktop folder – muru Feb 14 '17 at 16:56

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