With gnome-shell, you’ll need to create a .desktop file in ‘~\/.local\/share\/applications\/’ which will then allow you to add the application to the gnome-shell dash.<\/p>\n
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My .desktop file for Sublime Text looks like this:
\n#!\/usr\/bin\/env xdg-open
\n[Desktop Entry]
\nVersion=1.0
\nType=Application
\nName=Sublime Text
\nGenericName=Text Editor
\nComment=Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
\n#Exec=\/opt\/sublime_text\/sublime_text %F
\nExec=\/home\/username\/workspace\/sublime_text_3\/sublime_text %F
\nTerminal=false
\nMimeType=text\/plain;
\nIcon=\/home\/username\/workspace\/sublime_text_3\/Icon\/48x48\/sublime-text.png
\nCategories=TextEditor;Development;
\nStartupNotify=true
\nActions=Window;Document;
\n[Desktop Action Window]
\nName=New Window
\nExec=\/home\/username\/workspace\/sublime_text_3\/sublime_text -n
\n[Desktop Action Document]
\nName=New File
\nExec=\/home\/username\/workspace\/sublime_text_3\/sublime_text --command new_file
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