This guide will help you create an extension with a wbar icon and/or menu entry for a command. As an example, I will use an extension I created for an icon and menu entry to mount my networked mp3 directory. The extension is named zzzmymount.tcz ==== Create a temporary dir to work from ==== tc@box:~$ mkdir /tmp/extension && cd /tmp/extension ==== Write the script ==== Use your favorite editor (for me its nano) tc@box:/tmp/extension$ mkdir -p usr/local/bin tc@box:/tmp/extension$ nano usr/local/bin/mountmp3s #!/bin/sh [ -d /home/tc/mnt/mp3s ] || mkdir /home/tc/mnt/mp3s sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.100/mp3s /home/tc/mnt/mp3s -o uid=1001,gid=50,username=tc,password=xxxx Dont forget to make it executable tc@box:~$ chmod +x usr/local/bin/mountmp3s ==== Create the menu entry ==== (note: even if you do not wish to have a menu entry, you must have a menu file to trigger the setup) tc@box:/tmp/extension$ mkdir usr/local/tce.menu If you do not want a menu entry: tc@box:/tmp/extension$ touch usr/local/tce.menu/zzzmymount If you do: tc@box:/tmp/extension$ nano usr/local/tce.menu/zzzmymount /usr/local/bin/mountmp3s (note: capitalization is important in the tags) ==== Create icon entry ==== tc@box:/tmp/extension$ mkdir usr/local/tce.icons tc@box:/tmp/extension$ nano usr/local/tce.icons/zzzmymount i: /usr/local/tce.icons/mountmp3s.png t: Mount MP3s c: /usr/local/bin/mountmp3s (note: make sure this file end in a newline. most editors do this automatically) ==== Add the icon ==== Search around the web for an icon you like. A good place to look is: [[http://www.iconspedia.com|www.iconspedia.com]] Remember to use the name you specified in the icon file above. tc@box:/tmp/extension$ wget -O usr/local/tce.icons/mountmp3s.png http://www.iconspedia.com/dload.php?up_id=16386 ==== Check permissions and ownership ====< tc@box:/tmp/extension$ cd usr/local tc@box:/tmp/extension/usr/local$ sudo chown -R root.staff tce* tc@box:/tmp/extension/usr/local$ sudo chmod 775 tce* ==== Create the exension ==== (note: this requires squashfs-tools-4.x.tcz) tc@box:/tmp/extension$ mksquashfs . ../zzzmymount.tcz The extension will be in /tmp. You can now load it to test it out: tc@box:/tmp/extension$ tce-load -i /tmp/zzzmymount.tcz The icon and menu should now be visible and usable. Finally move the new extension into your personal repo: tc@box:/tmp/extension$ cp ../zzzmymount.tcz $(cat /opt/.tce_dir) ==== Troubleshooting ==== If you are creating icons for a package, pre-existing freedesktop configuration files may conflict with custom wbar icon files and settings. Check for a pre-existing freedesktop configuration at: /usr/local/share/applications/PACKAGENAME.desktop For details on how to configure that file for Tiny Core, read [[iconmenuinfo]].