question about icons for non-gnome apps

[Fernan Aguero]

+----[ Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org> (11.Jan.2005 15:19):
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| | | I don't think this is possible.  In order for me to put custom icons on
| | | my various terminal launchers, I had to add those icons to each terminal
| | | profile.  It was work, but worth the effort.  Personally, I think this
| | | is a bug with GNOME, but haven't yet got annoyed enough to officially
| | | complain.

Seems like I misunderstood what you meant with 'terminal
launchers' ... I guess now I see (see below)

[snip]

| | am I on the right track? What other files should I need to
| | edit/create in order for this 'magic' to work? Or perhaps it
| | could be done with gconf?
| 
| Yes, I am referring to gnome-terminal profiles.  All profile editing and
| creation can be done from within gnome-terminal itself.
| 
| Joe
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So, whenever you want to add a launcher for an app that runs
on a terminal, you add a launcher for a gnome-terminal,
which is using a particular profile. And you just change the
icon for each profile. Is this what you're doing?

If so, seems like my question is a different one, since I do
not use gnome-terminal but xterm. Again I just supposed that
adding a custom icon to a launcher will also make this icon
appear in tab/window lists. Perhaps it is a Gnome Bug, or
perhaps there is a way to specify these icons ... how do
gaim/firefox do it? or perhaps gnome is providing icons for
these apps itself? 

Fernan,
still ruminating my question :|