mate-command-applet-icon

Mate's command-applet for mate-panel with added functionality to choose a custom icon.

Requirements

You need at least :

• mate-panel
• mate-common
• make-4.3
• gtk+-3.14.0
• glib-2.36.0
• libgtop-2.12.0
• libmate-panel
• libwnck
• libnl3
• polkit
• autogen
• yelp-tools
• autoconf
• autoconf-archive

Some extras that improve functionality :

• libnotify
• dbus-0.34

Files

setup.sh : initial setup script to clone mate-applets repository and replace old command-applet files with new

command.c : source code file with added functionality

command-preferences.ui : xml file for the command-applet preferences dialog box ui with added file-chooser

org.mate.panel.applet.command.gschema.xml.in : glib schema file for the applet with added key info for icon file chooser

docs/command.diff : diff file for patching the original source code from Mate's github repository

Configure

clone this repository

$ git clone https://github.com/feloniousBonk/mate-command-applet-icon.git

enter this repository's directory

• run setup.sh script

$ bash ./setup.sh

setup.sh will clone mate-applets repository and replace appropriate files

• cd into mate-applets/ directory and run autogen.sh

$ cd mate-applets/
$ bash ./autogen.sh

*if autogen.sh fails it will tell you what dependency you are missing in error output. Install missing dependency with your system's package manager*

install command-applet

• cd into command/ directory then compile and install applet using make

$ cd command/
$ sudo make install

• documentation for compiling mate-applets @ https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-applets & https://www.mate-desktop.org

*you will need to kill and restart all command-applet instances already running on your system for changes to take effect. Alternatively you can log out and log back in to your user account.*

Notes

• added icon size spinbutton 3/4/2021