I'm trying to write a script to setup my desktop environment after a fresh install. One thing I can't figure out is how to pin/unpin items to the Unity Launcher from a bash script. Any ideas?
Use gsettings:
gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites
Gives you a list of what's on the launcher:
['nautilus-home.desktop', '/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome.desktop', 'apps.desktop', 'geany.desktop', 'libreoffice-startcenter.desktop', 'gnome-terminal.desktop', 'gcalctool.desktop', 'Science.desktop', 'gimp.desktop', 'inkscape.desktop', 'ubuntu-software-center.desktop', 'alarm-clock-applet.desktop']
so you can do something like this in bash:
#!/bin/bash
myfile='firefox.desktop'
list=`gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites`
newlist=`echo $list | sed s/]/", '${myfile}']"/`
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "$newlist"
I tested and it works to add firefox to the launcher, however the icon doesn't display immediately. You'll have to log out/in or do a unity --replace command.
