how are things installed to the application menu in irix

[siliboi]

ive installed a few things with the make install command but they nver show up in the applications menu with an icon I have to launch it with the lying down paper file that usually comes with it. which is weird because it usually comes with an icon picture that should be installed during make install.

separate question: is it possible to change the theme of the desktop windows and things like not just the colour but the actual boxes themselves and the look of the close enlarge and exit buttons? I think id like to make a custom design.

 

[Irinikus]

I've created scripts that I've inserted into the Icon Catalog to run various programs from there. (Often you can't simply copy and paste a programs executable to the Icon Catalog and get it to work, but scripts always work.)

I discuss this in my video placed in this thread:

How to make a script file executable in IRIX

This video shows you how to create a script file, tag it with an icon and make it executable in IRIX. Take not of the fact that in this video I used: su root -c "/usr/nekoware/games/quake3/quake3" and that sometimes you will have to use separate lines as such, to get the script to work...

forums.sgi.sh

 

[siliboi]

I've created scripts that I've inserted into the Icon Catalog to run various programs from there. (Often you can't simply copy and paste a programs executable to the Icon Catalog and get it to work, but scripts always work.)

I discuss this in my video placed in this thread:

How to make a script file executable in IRIX

This video shows you how to create a script file, tag it with an icon and make it executable in IRIX. Take not of the fact that in this video I used: su root -c "/usr/nekoware/games/quake3/quake3" and that sometimes you will have to use separate lines as such, to get the script to work...

forums.sgi.sh

is that how it does it by default how can I include that in my make file because doing that everytime is kind of annoying