Hello,
I’m looking for a way to manually edit the list of applications pinned in Mate Dock applet. I guess there’s a config file somewhere in ~/.config, or maybe a key in Gconf/Dconf but I can’t find it. Any idea?
In dconf editor, go to org->mate->panel->objects. The dock is one of the numbered objects (which one seems to depend on the order they have on your panel). When you’ve found the right object, check under ‘preferences’, there’s a ‘pinned-aps’ entry.
Thanks, found it.
I have another small issue, though: I needed to add a launcher that is in ~/.local/share/applications. It works but for some reason, it doesn’t seem to find the icon associated with the launcher (it’s in ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor).
When you open the launcher in a text editor, does the “icon:” part of the launcher mention the correct icon?
Yes, I’ve made the launcher myself and put the icon where it should be. It displays fine in the Applications menu and in Plank. It also works fine with the Dock applet when using an icon theme that includes it. I’m wondering if it can’t find it when using the default theme because 1) it misses the right size; 2) it can’t find icons from the user dir, only from a theme installed at system level; or 3) it’s looking for a specific format (like PNG and not SVG).
In any case, it should be handled automatically, it’s a bit surprising that the applet can’t find it in some cases. Maybe it’s an icon theme cache issue.
Whataver, it’s not a big deal, I’ll report a bug when I can find out what is wrong.