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How to define an icon for a Gedit plugin written in Python

I am writing a Gedit plugin and created an icon for it as SVG (which of course can be exported to any format). How could I configure this plugin to show this icon in the plugin listing in Edit > Preferences > Plugins dialog?

Solution

  • The .plugin file accepts an Icon field -- as in this example:

    [Gedit Plugin]
Loader=python
Module=TextWrap
IAge=2
Icon=gtk-ok
[... and so on ...]

    Taken from the TextWrap plugin source.

    To add a custom icon to an existing icon theme, place it in the appropriate folder -- i.e. 

    $prefix/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps

    as ptomato suggests, (where $prefix is probably /usr if you use linux) and then run 

    $ gtk-update-icon-cache $prefix/share/icons/hicolor

    If the icon filename is gedit-plug.svg, it should now be available as gedit-plug. Note that I actually tested this on the gnome theme, rather than the hicolor theme.