From 2787e86fd7fafec725e70984a5af58330b3668e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Jordaan Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 16:38:49 +0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Shout-out to stow, it deserves to be used :-) --- docs/binary.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/binary.rst b/docs/binary.rst index b7652c414..8376fb9e1 100644 --- a/docs/binary.rst +++ b/docs/binary.rst @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments. # Update the path to the kitty icon in the kitty.desktop file sed -i "s|Icon=kitty|Icon=/home/$USER/.local/kitty.app/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/kitty.png|g" ~/.local/share/applications/kitty.desktop +Note: if you use the venerable [`stow`](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) +command to manage your manual installations, the following takes care of the +above for you: + +.. code-block:: sh + + cd ~/.local/stow + stow -v kitty.app Customizing the installation From 77abaaf8b815eadac952c05f6cbf9f8223ce67af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Jordaan Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 16:43:22 +0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Oh yes, gather stow'd directories in one place for tidiness --- docs/binary.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/binary.rst b/docs/binary.rst index 8376fb9e1..51e9d0e86 100644 --- a/docs/binary.rst +++ b/docs/binary.rst @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ particular desktop, but it should work for most major desktop environments. Note: if you use the venerable [`stow`](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) command to manage your manual installations, the following takes care of the -above for you: +above for you (use with `dest=~/.local/stow`): .. code-block:: sh