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NAME

       idesk - display program shortcuts as icons on desktop

SYNOPSIS

       idesk

DESCRIPTION

       idesk can define shortcuts for several programs and display these icons
       with a short description on the desktop. It can use PNG images as  icon
       source  including  transparency  support and supports using antialiased
       fonts.

       Options for idesk are stored in ascii files in the home directory,  see
       section FILES for more infos.

       Tip:  to  reload the settings double click with the middle mouse button
       on any off the icons.

FILES

       The main configuration file is called .ideskrc and must reside  in  the
       users home-directory (~/.ideskrc). The icons are loaded from lnk-files,
       which must placed in ~/.idesktop/*.lnk.

       Sample configuration files can be  found  in  /usr/share/idesk/.  These
       files contains all available options. Please you must read them.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Thorsten Sauter <tsauter@debian.org>,
       for  the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system  and  modified  by  Anibal   Avelar
       <idesk.support@gmail.com> for the new version.

                                   Sep 2005