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Debian binaries carry no BeOS resources, so Deskbar and Tracker show a generic icon and the raw file name. appstamp reads an application's .desktop entry and icon theme and writes the matching BeOS attributes (BEOS:L/M:STD_ICON, BEOS:APP_SIG, SYS:NAME) onto the executable, where Deskbar and Tracker resolve them. Toolkit-agnostic: any installed .deb application is stamped from its freedesktop metadata. Runs from a plain root session -- no BApplication, no BBitmap, no app_server. Icons come from the hicolor PNG theme, with rsvg-convert as a fallback for scalable-only themes.
A dpkg trigger on /usr/share/applications reruns `appstamp --all` whenever a package adds or removes a .desktop entry, and appstamp-icons.service sweeps once at boot. Both guard on the nexus device so chroot image builds are unaffected, and neither fails a package install.
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Batch --all, a dpkg trigger on /usr/share/applications, and a one-shot boot service; SVG-only icon themes via rsvg-convert. Same content as the standalone appstamp submission for master (VitruvianOS#225); carried on this branch for local Qt ISO builds until it lands upstream.
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Implements #224.
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appstamp, a tool that writes BeOS application attributes onto a.debbinary from its freedesktop.desktopmetadata, so Deskbar and Tracker show the real icon and name instead of a generic icon and the raw filename. Toolkit-agnostic — any installed.debGUI app is covered.What it does
.desktopentry (or takes one explicitly), readsName/Icon/Exec.BEOS:L/M:STD_ICON(B_CMAP8), withrsvg-convertas a fallback for scalable-only themes.BEOS:APP_SIG(application/x-vnd.vos-<leaf>) andSYS:NAME.--allstamps everything under/usr/share/applications; idempotent (skips already-stamped unless--force).Automation
/usr/share/applications→ restamp on package add/remove.appstamp-icons.service→ one-shot boot sweep./dev/nexus_node_monitor, so chroot image builds are unaffected and a package install never fails.Design
BApplication, noBBitmap, noapp_server— runs from a plain root session; plainBNode::WriteAttr.NoDisplay/Terminal/ConsoleOnly/non-Applicationand shell-wrapperExeclines are skipped.Testing. Built an ISO from
master+ this branch. Installing a GTK app (galculator) fires the trigger and stampsBEOS:L/M:STD_ICON+APP_SIG+SYS:NAMEfrom its hicolor icon; console/terminal entries (vim,fortune'ssh -cwrapper) are correctly skipped; the boot service sweeps once.Two commits: the tool, then the install-time automation.