Making a script run as an app in ubuntu launcher

Don't we all love to execute scripts without the geeky looking terminal ?, say we have a shell or a python or a tcl-tk script ,we want now to run this as any app with an icon, Well there is a way.

Install gnome panel by using
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel


gnome-panel is just a taskbar application in desktop for ubuntu.

Once the installation is done type
$ gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop

you will then observe a create launcher applet , select type as Application
Give any funky name you want for your application.
And in the command field, provide the command which you use to run your script in the terminal.

so to run a tcl-tk application , use wish path_name/file_name.tcl

 You can now click the icon to run your script.

You can also edit your application icon , just open it in gedit , the icon is saved as name.desktop

in the above case someapp.desktop



#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_IN]=python
Exec=wish path_name/file_name.tcl
Name[en_IN]=someapp
Name=someapp