This is a simple commandline python script for creating an icon for idesk. Download the source here.
#!/usr/bin/env python # Import python modules import os import commands import datetime def cls(): # Define the clear windows command clear = commands.getoutput('clear') print clear # Set the variables default values touch ="touch " copy = "cp " # Get answers from the user print "This program helps automate the idesk icon setup. Do you want to continue?[y/n]", confirm = raw_input() if confirm == "y": print "What do you want to name the icon?", iconName = raw_input() print "What command do you want to execute when the icon is clicked?", execCommand = raw_input() print "What icon would you like to use?", iconPath = raw_input() print "What size would you like the icon to be?" iconWidth = raw_input("Width: ") iconHeight = raw_input("Height: ") print "Where do you want the icon to set on the X and Y axis?" iconXaxis = raw_input("X axis: ") iconYaxis = raw_input("Y axis: ") # Set file name lnkFile = "/home/tangle/.idesktop/" + iconName + ".lnk" # Create the file createFile = touch + lnkFile os.system(createFile) # Get current user name username = os.environ["USER"] # Copy the icon to ~/.idesktop copyIcon = copy + iconPath + " /home/" + username + "/.idesktop" os.system(copyIcon) print copyIcon #changeDir = "cd " + uname + "/idesktop" #os.system(changeDir) fileName = iconName + ".lnk" # Write data to .lnk file out_file = open(lnkFile,"w") out_file.write("table Icon") out_file.write("\n Caption: ") out_file.write(iconName) out_file.write("\n Command: ") out_file.write(execCommand) out_file.write("\n Icon: ") out_file.write(iconPath) out_file.write("\n Width: ") out_file.write(iconWidth) out_file.write("\n Height: ") out_file.write(iconHeight) out_file.write("\n X: ") out_file.write(iconXaxis) out_file.write("\n Y: ") out_file.write(iconYaxis) out_file.write("\nend") out_file.close() # Restart idesk restartIdesk = "killall idesk && idesk &" os.system(restartIdesk) else: cls() print "Goodbye"