Chapter 17. Building Custom Linux Desktops with the ThinLinc Desktop Customizer
Choose in which application server group the command should be run in the select box labeled
Application Server Group. By having several application server groups, you can have several groups
of Windows Terminal Servers for different purposes, with individual load balancing between the
servers in each group.
It’s most often recommended to hide window manager decorations, or the application will get
double frames.
When running applications on WTS in this mode, the application gets a fixed size. The size can be
set to one of fullscreen, size of desktop work area (which is fullscreen minus the area used by the
window manager’s taskbar), a fixed size or a percentage of the ThinLinc desktop’s size.
The title of the window is by default set to the name of the executable run on the WTS. The title can
be explicitly set in the Window Title input box.
Add any arguments to tl-run-winapp in the last input box, labeled extra tl-run-winapp args.
• Path to Icon file
The filename of the Icon for the application. If the icon is available in one of the directories where
KDE automatically looks for icons, just the filename without the extension can be given. Otherwise,
the complete path must be specified.
• Command Startup Feedback
Check the box to instruct the Window Manager to show a special icon while the command is starting.
Note that this does not work very well for applications run from a Windows Terminal Server, so for
these applications, it’s recommended not to enable this functionality.
Press save when done filling the fields. The application will now show up among the other manually
defined applications.
If you want to, you can add the application directly to an existing application group by checking the
checkbox in front of the application name, then selecting the application group and if the application
should be added to the menu or desktop of this application group, in the form at the top of the page. This
can be done for both manually defined, and automatically found applications.
17.2.4. Defining a Menu Structure
With TLDC, the normal menu structure as defined by the Linux Distributor or by the KDE team is not
used. Instead, a new menu structure is defined. This gives more flexibility in designing menus. The
TLDC administrator can fully decide where in the menu structure a certain application is placed.
To define the menu structure, click on the "Menu structure" submenu in the left pane of the TLDC
administration interface. This leads to a view where a menu structure can be defined. The Root menu
folder is always available and can’t be removed.
Note: A menu called "Hidden Menu" is shipped with the default ThinLinc configuration. See Section
17.4.3 for an explanation of its functionality. Please don’t remove it if you are planning to use KDE.
The following properties can be edited for a menu:
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