From 35e709c80c3dc2546402a94549db434643eb8b7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mehrad Mahmoudian Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:41:36 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] added some brief information about systray --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c5b0898c..ab979eb7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ some Linux distributions: +### Tray icon + +**Note** that for the Flmaeshot icon to appear in your tray area, you should have a systray software installed. This is especially true for users who use minimal [window managers](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/window_manager) such as [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/). In some [Desktop Environment](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_environment) installations (e.g Gnome), the systray might be missing and you can install an application or plugin (e.g [Gnome shell extension](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1503/tray-icons/)) to add the systray to your setup. It has been [reported](https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/1009#issuecomment-700781081)) that icon of some softwares, including Flameshot, does not show in [gnome-shell-extension-appindicator](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator). + + +Alternatively, in case you don't want to have a systray, you can always call Flameshot from the terminal. See [Usage section](#usage). + ## Compilation To build the application in your system, you'll need to install the dependencies needed for it and package names might be different for each distribution, see [Dependencies](#dependencies) below for more information. You can also install most of the Qt dependencies via [their installer](https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer). If you were developing Qt apps before, you probably already have them.