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NAME

       desklaunch - a small utility for creating desktop icons

SYNTAX

       desklaunch ...
       Desklaunch takes no options

DESCRIPTION

       DeskLaunch  is  a  small  utility for creating desktop icons.  A simple
       click will launch the desired application.
       You need to create a file called .desklaunchrc in your home  directory.

FILES

       ${HOME}/.desklaunchrc

EXAMPLE RCFILE

       icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm.xpm:XTerm:xterm
       icon=5:5:/usr/share/pixmaps/netscape.xpm:Netscape:netscape

       The format of the file is: icon=x:y:xpm_image:tooltip:command
       where x:y is the position of the icon
       xpm_image is the /path/to/pixmap
       tooltip is the name of the icon launchers
       and command is the command to execute once clicked.

AUTHORS

       Ken Lynch<oroborus@blueyonder.co.uk>
       Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
       Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010
       This  manpage  was  written by Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org>
       because the origonal program did not include one.

SEE ALSO

       oroborus(1) keylaunch(1) deskmenu(1)

                                     1.1.x                       desklaunch(1)