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| author | Dave Davenport <qball@blame.services> | 2022-01-22 14:20:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Dave Davenport <qball@blame.services> | 2022-01-22 14:20:16 +0100 |
| commit | 64062b2a94eadcf883ff9a70c785bde0fb52f93e (patch) | |
| tree | 9b241822994e98c105acc74e429f286ed2bd3a2c | |
| parent | faa360041e2e7d6e9a60b4d60368b2bdecec708d (diff) | |
[Doc] Add F.A.Q about icon lookup.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rofi.1 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rofi.1.markdown | 9 |
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@@ -1332,6 +1332,21 @@ The indicator shows: .fi .RE +.SS Why do I see different icons for run,drun and window mode +.PP +Each of these modes uses different methods of resolving the icon: + +.RS +.IP \(bu 2 +Window: It first uses the icon that the application exposes via the X11 +Server, if none is set it does a lookup of the window Class name in the icon theme. +.IP \(bu 2 +drun: It uses the icon set in the desktop file. +.IP \(bu 2 +run: It does a lookup using the executable name. + +.RE + .SH EXAMPLES .PP Some basic usage examples of \fBrofi\fP: diff --git a/doc/rofi.1.markdown b/doc/rofi.1.markdown index 9d23e12b..d70ea4ab 100644 --- a/doc/rofi.1.markdown +++ b/doc/rofi.1.markdown @@ -844,6 +844,15 @@ The indicator shows: `+` Case insensitive and Sorting enabled `±` Sorting and Case sensitivity enabled" +### Why do I see different icons for run,drun and window mode + +Each of these modes uses different methods of resolving the icon: + +* Window: It first uses the icon that the application exposes via the X11 + Server, if none is set it does a lookup of the window Class name in the icon theme. +* drun: It uses the icon set in the desktop file. +* run: It does a lookup using the executable name. + ## EXAMPLES Some basic usage examples of **rofi**: |