Recently I discovered an interesting option in the tint2 configuration files.
I can’t believe I did not spotted it earlier - using tint2 so many years
launcher_apps_dir = path_to_directory
: Specifies a path to a directory from which the launcher is loading all .desktop files (all subdirectories are explored recursively). Can be used multiple times. The path may begin with ~, which is expanded to the path of the user’s home directory.
Thiss will allow us to have own favorites applications launchers the same - no matter which tint2 config we use.
So I updated all tint2 config shipped with Mabox.
You can copy new default tint2 configs into your ~/.config/tint2/
by command:
mb-reset tint2
Create directory for desktop files:
mkdir ~/.config/tint2/launcherapps
And add your favorite launchers by simply copy desktop files into ~/.config/tint2/launcherapps/
For example:
cp /usr/share/applications/{gimp,geany,blender}.desktop ~/.config/tint2/launcherapps/
Tell tint to reload its config:
killall -SIGUSR1 tint2
Now when you select other tint2 config file - your favorite apps launchers should be in place
If you want to change the order of the icons in the panel - you can just rename the desktop files - they are sorted alphabetically.