Difference between Alt-F2 and Win-A in Unity

[Guannan Ma]

/usr/share/applications
/usr/local/share/applications/
~/.local/share/applications/

Items under the folders above will be displayed in the win-a.

alt+f2 can run any commands in ur $PATH.



On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> What is exactly the difference between Alt-F2 and Win-A in Unity? When
> using Win-A I cannot launch or find applications in eg $HOME/bin,
> though this is set in my $PATH variable. Using Alt-F2 the application
> is found.
>
> And how can I get the correct logo of the program I am making in the dash?
>
> Tx/ALain
>
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