About

Mkdsk - shorthand for Make desktop. This is a simple cli tool for linux that simplifies the creation of .desktop files.

Features

• Ability to create .desktop files without using any text editor.
• You can create desktop entries with types: Application, Link, Directory.
• To create minimal .desktop you can pass only path to source.
• You can pass various [Desktop Entry] keys. All of them may be omitted, except path to the executable.
• You can create file manager context menu option using this tool.

Usage

Use mkdsk --help for help.

Installation

1. Download mkdsk.
2. Open mkdsk directory in terminal.
3. Execute sudo mv ./mkdsk /usr/local/bin to make mkdsk globally accessible.

Add context menu action

If you are using Nemo File Manager you can add the "Create desktop" context menu option by following these steps:

1. Download create_desktop.nemo_action.
2. Open create_desktop.nemo_action directory in terminal.
3. Execute mv ./create_desktop.nemo_action ~/.local/share/nemo/actions.

Note: nemo_action will not work if mkdsk is not globally accessible.