after using it on windows I finally downloaded Basilisk for Linux
unfortunately Linux doesn't support icon resources embedded inside the app binary and I couldn't find the Basilisk icon as a png/svg inside the tar ball
I want to create a desktop file with an icon for Basilisk but without an icon I can't do that (the only icon present is icons/updater.png) can we get a basilisk icon inside the tar ball for Linux users?
ps a Basilisk.desktop file which we could copy to ~./local/share/applications so we can get a menu bar launcher would be nice too making one isn't difficult but we shouldn't really need to
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I've been searching for a small image (png/ico) that I can use as an icon in https://basilisk-browser.org/ but the only image there is
https://basilisk-browser.org/bas-logo-300w.png
which is not usable as an icon I can extract the icon from the windows binary but that's just too much work (and a reboot) any chance for a link to the icon used in the windows binaries?
Linux icon Topic is solved
Moderator: Basilisk-Dev
Re: Linux icon
The icon you're looking for is here, I believe:
****/basilisk/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
****/basilisk/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Re: Linux icon
I unpacked Basilisk in ~/opt/basilisk
and this is the desktop file I created maybe some other user would find it helpful
I created a text file Basilisk.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications/
pasted this inside
and saved it
if somebody uses this as a template they should replace <you> with your Linux user name
unfortunately neither $HOME nor ~ seam to work inside desktop files (I get an error the desktop file is invalid) so a generic launcher can not be created :/
and this is the desktop file I created maybe some other user would find it helpful
I created a text file Basilisk.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications/
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kate ~/.local/share/applications/Basilisk.desktop
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[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;GTK;
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Basilisk
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Web Browser
TryExec=/home/<you>/opt/basilisk/basilisk
Exec=/home/<you>/opt/basilisk/basilisk %u
Icon=/home/<you>/opt/basilisk/browser/icons/mozicon128.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;application/x-xpinstall;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;
Type=Application
Actions=PrivateBrowsing;
[Desktop Action PrivateBrowsing]
Name=New Private Browsing Window
Exec=/home/<you>/opt/basilisk/basilisk --private-window %u
if somebody uses this as a template they should replace <you> with your Linux user name
unfortunately neither $HOME nor ~ seam to work inside desktop files (I get an error the desktop file is invalid) so a generic launcher can not be created :/
Last edited by ianas on 2018-01-11, 00:00, edited 2 times in total.