Ubuntu / i3wm: rename AppImage in dmenu entry

Question

I downloaded an AppImage (LogSeq to be precise) and wanted to add it to the dmenu.

With the help of a friend i did the following:

1. move AppImage to a appropriate directory (not required, but appears cleaner to me).

   In this case i moved the LogSeq.AppImage to /home/[username]/.local/bin/LogSeq.AppImage

2. Create a .desktop entry with the required fields in /usr/share/applications -> logseq.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LogSeq
GenericName=logseq
Exec=/home/[username]/.local/bin/LoqSeq.AppImage
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;

After removing ~/.cache/dmenu_run to have dmenu rebuild it's cache, the app appears in the dmenu and i can run it. Cool!

However both in dmenu_run as well as in the dmenu itself, the app appears as LogSeq.AppImage not as logseq as i had expected.

How can i rename it so that it appears e.g. as logseq instead?

Answer 1

You don't need the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications.

dmenu looks for executables in your path, so you can make a symlink called logseq that points to the path of your LogSeq.Appimage.