Create Custom Launchers in Fedora

I just finished installed SmartGit on my new OS, like I did the last one

SmartGit is a simple bash script that I had to run from the command line. This time I decided I wanted a program launcher from my applications menu and my 'favourites bar' (or whatever that thing on the left hand side of the desktop is called!) 

So first I moved the smartgit folder from ~/Downloads/ to /usr/local/ and made the .sh script executable

	sudo cp -R ~/Downloads/smartgit-3_0_11/ /usr/local/
	chmod +x /usr/local/smartgit-3_0_11/bin/smartgit.sh

view raw clf1.sh hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Then to create a launcher I made a new .desktop file:

sudo touch /usr/local/share/applications/smartgit.desktop

view raw clf2.sh hosted with ❤ by GitHub

and added the following:

	Encoding=UTF-8
	Version=1.0
	Type=Application
	Exec=/usr/local/smartgit-3_0_11/bin/smartgit.sh
	Name=SMARTGIT
	Comment=custom launcher for smartgit.sh
	NoDisplay=false
	Categories=Application;Programming;Utility;
	Icon=/usr/local/smartgit-3_0_11/bin/smartgit-128.png
	[Desktop Entry]

view raw clf3.sh hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Of course the 'Icon' can be anything you like - I chose the one which comes with the program out of sheer non-inventiveness! In Applications it will appear under All and Accessories. Right click and 'Add to Favourites' and it will appear on your side bar.