Re: PSPP-BUG: pspp package could use a .desktop file

[James R. Van Zandt]

I hereby release this .desktop file into the public domain.  Use it
however you like.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=GNU PSPP
GenericName=Statistical Software
GenericName[de]=Statistiksoftware
Comment=Analyze statistical data with a free alternative to SPSS
Comment[de]= Statistische Daten mit einer freien Alternative zu SPSS analysieren
Exec=psppire %F
TryExec=psppire
Icon=pspp.png
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;Education;Science;Math;

        - Jim Van Zandt

> "James R. Van Zandt" <address@hidden> writes:
> > An Ubuntu user has suggested a .desktop file for pspp.  I've added
> > this to the Debian package:
> [...]
>
> Thanks for doing that.
>
> Is it usual for upstream software (rather than distribution
> packaging) to come with a .desktop file?  If so, then if you give
> us a license for this one then I'll gladly include it in the PSPP
> release.
>
> > For an icon, the user suggested the existing pspplogo file.  
> > The guidelines at
> > http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html
> > asked for a 48x48 icon, so I created one like this:
> >
> > convert pspplogo.png -background white -resize 48x48 pspp_48x48.png
> >
> > If you have an SVG version, or something more along the lines of an
> > icon (something drawn) instead of a logo (something written), or any
> > other suggestions, please let me know.
>
> I don't have something myself; maybe someone will come up with one.
> -- 
> Ben Pfaff 
> http://benpfaff.org