Add desktop icons for common applications in Linux

Anywhere on the web can find how to put the application's icon on the desktop, I just use Ubuntu is also in accordance with the online practice, step by step, and now the online approach to copy down:

Desktop profile brief \label{sec:desktop file}

A basic desktop configuration file is this:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=utf-8name=eclipsecomment=eclipse ideexec=/home/tom/ide/eclipse/eclipseicon=/home/tom/ide/eclipse/ Eclipse/icon.xpmterminal=falsetype=applicationcategories=gnome; Application;development; Startupnotify=true

Note: To change name, Comment, Exec, and icon to what you need

But recently in this way to gvim desktop icons, how can not find the location of the Gvim application, I was in the USR folder search, inadvertently found in

/usr/share/applications folder A lot of desktop files, direct click can open the application, I directly copied to the desktop, nothing changes, directly double-click or can, but this folder of desktop files only installed version of the software shortcut icon, Portable versions like Eclipse can only be configured as described in the previous steps.

Reference: http://www.2cto.com/os/201209/156461.html

Add desktop icons for common applications in Linux