Docky

How does docky gets the icons for the taskbar?

Asked by TonyKnott

Hi,

I'm interested to know which procedure Docky uses to get the application icons, so I can manually fix missing icons.

In cairo-dock, for example, I know that first it looks for an icon with the same name of the desktop file, then it looks for an icon with the same name as the window WM_CLASS. So if an ugly X11 icon appears, I know exactly where I should throw a high-resolution icon to fix the problem. How can I do the same with Docky?

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Jason Smith (jassmith) said : 		#1

It depends on which verison of docky you are talking about, however if you are talking about Docky 2 the algorithm is intentionally not finished yet so unmatched applications are easily spotted.

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TonyKnott (tonyknott-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Hi Jason,

I am talking about the version shipping with Karmic. About what you said for Docky 2, I suppose the algorithm does try *something* for each app, right? I was wondering what that something was.

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TonyKnott (tonyknott-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Oops, I accidentaly clicked on "solved"...

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Best Jason Smith (jassmith) said : 		#4

It does try something, in fact it tries a lot of things. There is no recourse if the algorithm cannot find anything however...

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TonyKnott (tonyknott-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Thanks Jason Smith, that solved my question.