[PyKDE] Problem with .desktop file being ignored.

[Maurizio Colucci]

Hello again :-)

This may not be on topic, but on the kde-devel list I can get no help.

I need some information about how to install a KDE
application written in PyKDE. In particular, I need to know where to put 
my .desktop file and my icon file. Unfortunately, none of the PyKDE examples 
show that.

More precisely: my program creates a KApplication(argv, "logicaldesktop"). 
I assume this means that kde will look for a .desktop file containing 
Name=logicaldesktop. So I created such a desktop file and put it in the 
directory output by kde-config --install apps. In the desktop file, the icon 
is specified: flag.png. Then I copied the icon to the path output by 
kde-config --install icon.

When I run the program (logicaldesktop.py), it runs, but the application has 
no icon, and on the title bar there is the string "Logical Desktop - 
unknown". This means, I guess, that my desktop file was not found or ignored. 
What can I do?

My guesses are:

1) Must I copy the executable to the dir kde-config --install exe, or can I 
execute it from anywhere?

2) my executable is called logicaldesktop.py file. Is that the problem?

3) Must the .desktop have a precise name? currently it is called 
logicaldesktop.desktop.

4) Must I invoke some command to have kde reparse the directory containing 
the .desktop files?

5) Is there something wrong with my .desktop file?
[Desktop Entry]
Name=logicaldesktop
Type=Application
Comment=A desktop environment featuring narrowing
Exec=logicaldesktop.py
Icon=flag.png
Terminal=true
Categories=AudioVideo;Application;Network;Qt;Graphics;RasterGraphics;Viewer;

Sorry for bothering, but I am really lost here.

Thanks again

Maurizio