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Timeline for name of binary vs. name in GUI

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Feb 15, 2019 at 5:25 history edited Rui F Ribeiro CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jul 26, 2015 at 0:00 vote accept Ray Andrews
Jul 23, 2015 at 17:43 answer added Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' timeline score: 0
Mar 8, 2015 at 14:53 history edited Ray Andrews
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Feb 11, 2015 at 0:36 comment added Ray Andrews Oh, one more thing: what do we call the 'GUI name'? 'Friendly name', 'menu name' ... what?
Feb 10, 2015 at 22:42 comment added Ray Andrews Costas: Once I know the name of the binary it's not a problem finding where it lives. The problem is making the connection between 'Image Viewer' and whatever binary that actually calls.
Feb 10, 2015 at 22:40 comment added Ray Andrews Thanks muru :-) Make that an answer so I can upvote it.
Feb 10, 2015 at 22:19 answer added Costas timeline score: 0
Feb 10, 2015 at 22:15 comment added muru grep -H Name /usr/share/applications/*.desktop
Feb 10, 2015 at 22:05 comment added Costas In terminal execute which eog and receive /usr/bin/eog
Feb 10, 2015 at 21:58 history asked Ray Andrews CC BY-SA 3.0