No icons for exe files

If you have wine installed then they will get a wine glass type icon like this:

http://www.turbocash.net/translator/tc3/linux/en-za/wine-start-tc-icon-change-01.png

This is standard

Yes but having the exe's actual icon is better. It consumes no more
resources than any other thumbnailer, and makes the interface more
seamless and easy to navigate. Why strive for mediocrity?

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #77580 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/77580
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> If you have wine installed then they will get a wine glass type icon
> like this:
>
> http://www.turbocash.net/translator/tc3/linux/en-za/wine-start-tc-icon-
> change-01.png
>
> This is standard
>
>

Maybe but that would involve reading the exe in some way first. This would fall on the file manager to first realize it is an exe, then read the file and then display it if the exe indeed has an icon embedded in it.

If you can work out how this is done you are free to contribute your findings and skill to getting this done. I think the guys in the nautilus team would rather expand on functionality and efficiency rather than some 3rd party app icons.

Come on! Can't you read the initial post!! Nautilus already does this
without wine. It's done in a library that's available though synaptic
and is no more resource intensive than any other thumbnailer.

http://www.objectnetworks.net/wiki/index.php?title=Exe_icon_for_Gnome

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #77580 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/77580
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Maybe but that would involve reading the exe in some way first. This
> would fall on the file manager to first realize it is an exe, then read
> the file and then display it if the exe indeed has an icon embedded in
> it.
>
> If you can work out how this is done you are free to contribute your
> findings and skill to getting this done. I think the guys in the
> nautilus team would rather expand on functionality and efficiency rather
> than some 3rd party app icons.
>
>

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