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Let's make Signal a bit more usable by creating a shortcut in our desktop Let's make Signal a bit more usable by creating a shortcut in our desktop
panel that launches Signal directly. This assumes that you're using KDE in Dom0 panel that launches Signal directly. This assumes that you're using KDE in Dom0,
and that your AppVM is named `Signal`. you use Signal in an AppVM named `Signal`, and this AppVM uses `fedora-23` as its TemplateVM.
1. Create a Chromium shortcut (Q -> Domain: Signal -> Signal: Add more 1. Follow [these instructions][shortcut] to create a desktop shortcut on the Desktop of your Signal AppVM.
shortcuts... -> Select "Chromium web browser") Let's assume the shortcut file you get is /home/user/Desktop/chrome-bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbhpfkkhcmohk-Default.desktop
2. Follow [these instructions][shortcut] to create a desktop shortcut. 2. Copy this shortcut file to the AppVM's TemplateVM - in this case, to fedora-23.
3. Right-click on Chromium icon in panel and select "Icon Settings". 3. You'll also want to copy across an icon for your new shortcut - you can find this at
4. Change the "Command" field of the "Application" tab to: /home/user/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/chrome-bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbhpfkkhcmohk-Default.png
Copy this icon to the fedora-23 TemplateVM.
4. Open a terminal in your fedora-23 TemplateVM and cd to /home/user/QubesIncoming/Signal/
You should find your shortcut and icon files just transferred across from the Signal AppVM.
Move these files to the following locations:
[user@fedora-23 Signal]$ sudo mv chrome-bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbhpfkkhcmohk-Default.desktop /usr/share/applications/
[user@fedora-23 Signal]$ sudo mv chrome-bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbhpfkkhcmohk-Default.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/
5. From a Dom0 terminal, instruct Qubes to synchronize the application menus of this TemplateVM:
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-sync-appmenus fedora-23
6. With your mouse select the `Q` menu -> `Domain: Signal` -> `Signal: Add more shortcuts`
Select `Signal Private Messenger` from the left `Available` column, move it to the right `Selected` column by clicking the `>` button and then `OK` to apply the changes and close the window.
7. Then follow the `Q` menu once more, right-click on the new `Signal: Signal Private Messenger` menu item and select `Add to Panel`.
qvm-run -a --tray Signal '/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.sh --profile-directory=Default --app-id=<long string which you'll get from the properties of the desktop shortcut you created above>' You can now launch the Signal messenger inside its own dedicated AppVM with a single click from KDE's panel.
**Note:** Another method (more "correct" but less straightforward) is to [use
the way Qubes handles shortcuts internally to create a `.desktop`
file][shortcut-desktop].
5. (Optional) Copy the Signal app icon file from the Signal AppVM to dom0.
(**Warning**: copying untrusted files to dom0 is dangerous! Do this only if
you understand and accept the risks!)
[user@dom0]$ qvm-run --pass-io Signal 'cat /home/user/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/chrome-<long-appID>-Default.png' > /home/users/signal-icon.png
6. (Optional) Change your new shortcut's icon from Chrome to Signal by pointing
it to `/home/users/signal-icon.png`.
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These instructions were contributed by Qubes community member Alex (IX4 Svs) in
a [message] to the `qubes-users` [mailing list]. Thanks, Alex!
[Signal]: https://whispersystems.org/ [Signal]: https://whispersystems.org/
[signal-wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) [signal-wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
[shortcut]: http://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/216839277-Where-is-Signal-Desktop-on-my-computer- [shortcut]: http://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/216839277-Where-is-Signal-Desktop-on-my-computer-