I manually downloaded and installed Sublime Text 2 (instead of adding the repository and installing via apt-get install) and I'm having some trouble getting gnome to find the high res icons for sublime.
I extracted the application to /usr/lib/sublime-text
Added the following executable script as /usr/bin/sublime
#!/bin/sh
export SUBLIME_HOME="/usr/lib/sublime-text"
$SUBLIME_HOME/sublime_text $*
The /usr/lib/sublime-text/Icon directory contains icons for various resolutions in subdirectories (16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 128×128, 256×256), and I used the 256×256 one when I added the menu item to the cinnamon menu.
How does Gnome locate the icon for an application? I renamed the /etc/lib/sublime-text/Icon directory and then I didn't get an icon at all (default gnome icon) so
Gnome's obviously using an icon from the /usr/lib/sublime-text folder, but if so why how do I get it to use a highres one?
Also how does Gnome match the application to the image name? Currently the script in /usr/bin is named sublime, the directory in /usr/lib is named sublime-text, the executable in /usr/bin/lib/sublime-text is named sublime_text and the menu item is defined in a file named Sublime Text.desktop.
I seriously don't understand how the system manages to match all of this…
I'm running Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon)
Best Answer
While this isn't the best solution, I get around the problem of low resolution icons by just pointing directly to the highest possible version inside the .desktop file. In this case specifically, I have it pointing to a local copy of the official 256px icon, but any location should work.