desktop files for dockapp apps?

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 22:14 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Should there be a .desktop, an icon and so on for dockapp apps? When 
> they are used in fluxbox, for example it doesn't make much sense to 
> have one, since they have to be launched by editing .fluxbox/startup.
> Is it different on other desktops? (on xfce I don't see anything when
> I launch them...).

IMHO:

- desktop files for dockapp apps are not necessary.
- icon files for dockapp apps are necessary (don't you see an icon when
you're enabling it from the config tool? doesn't it need an icon to let
you know its running in the dock?)

~spot
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