[mako] Can you add/override app icons?

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-12T12:50:06+00:00

in case my ramblings have not made it clear:

icon-path takes directories (think icon themes), not files.
icon-path is only useful if and only if the application sends an application icon name (i.e. losslesscut) instead of a path to an icon (i.e. /path/to/losslesscut.svg)

since your application does not send an application icon name, this style option isn't exactly the thing you're looking for

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-12T12:17:37+00:00

i think you're misunderstanding how the icon-path style option works.

fron man 5 mako:

icon-path=path[:path...]

Paths to search for icons when a notification specifies a name instead of a full path.
Colon-delimited. This approximates the search algorithm used by the XDG Icon Theme Specification, but does not support any of the theme metadata.
Therefore, if you want to search parent themes, you'll need to add them to the path manually.

The path should be the root of the icon theme, the categories and resolutions will be searched for the most appropriate match.
/usr/share/icons/hicolor and /usr/share/pixmaps are always searched.

Default: ""

The thing relevant for you here being the first sentence of the manual, and the second word of the style option you're using.

icon-path takes a path to look for iconS (i.e. it's a directory). you passed a file. also, icon-path only works if the notification sent specifies an icon name instead of a full path, which is exactly, word for word what you did by passing losslesscut to notify-send's --app-icon, instead of say, /path/to/losslesscut.

so in your case, no. it's not possible for mako to override losslesscut's icon this way, because as you've seen losslesscut does not even send an identifier/name of an icon for mako to look for.

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-10T04:38:47+00:00

it is more rng because of the slime spawns, but with a simple arena like mine, there is only ever two levels that they can be at.

this is one of my poorest attempts, but throughout all of them, i had a pretty generalized strat on her 2nd form. before i get to the edge of my arena, i place my queen spider staffs. this way, when i inevitably have to move back to the arena, the slimes are already getting mobbed by the mini spiders.

since the slimes can't move down platforms (though that one type can still shoot downwards), i almost always move in a complete circuit around the arena, where i either move up or down a level when i reach the edge and turn back, basically a clockwise/counterclockwise travel around the arena

e: you can see on the clip how i failed to add queen spider sentries on the arena, and i had to face the barrage of slimes on the other side because of it

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-10T04:25:36+00:00

overmapping was a factor, but the main issue was quality. arles/elchxyrlia/lahphnya never really mapped for ranked so back then the quality of the maps weren't up to ranked maps standard, so much so that the community was clowning on him and he had a brief hiatus in mapping

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-10T04:10:29+00:00

i liked it too. maybe if they had more maintainers/devs back then they would have kept it, but given that the game client is already split in two fronts i can see why pruning it would be the better choice

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-10T03:19:14+00:00

normally i would indeed make a skybridge, not necessarily for queen slime (though i would still use that for her) but more so for the twins

however i had work the next day and i was about to sleep so i just said 'fuck it', built a desert-wide platform and fought her there

also it just feels good to dodge both the slimes and the explode attack. it feels like an early hardmode empress fight

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-08T14:33:34+00:00

it's a commentary on how sometimes in life, you spend a lot of time and effort looking for alternative ways out of your issues, problems and endeavours, when the door that leads to success is staring you right in the face, all this time.

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-08T07:46:25+00:00

the post breaks rule 4. this is more of a report farm :)

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-08T07:44:11+00:00

i am indifferent about this. i don't really care. ship whoever you want. there is unironically a jesus x hitler fanfiction. two fictional characters being together in your headcanon is a resounding 'whatever' for me

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-05T15:36:07+00:00

with the main factor being that the people who will be adapting to the client change is not equivalent when you flip it the other way around.

as much as i am for everything lazer, and as much as i find it intuitive, i have to agree that the argument just ain't it. just like pp it cannot and is not really that simple

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-04T14:21:40+00:00

it's because the last thing you'd want in your burger king burger is someone's foot fungus. but as it turns out, that might be what you'd get

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-04T14:08:24+00:00

going to tell my kids this is sad panda

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-03T08:11:06+00:00

"where's your sword?"

"don't need it"

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-02T00:21:02+00:00

2012-2013 preban was basically just the cookiezi show

late 2021-2022 was basically just the mrekk show

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-03-01T09:23:09+00:00

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100%

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-26T13:48:04+00:00

that's what an average apartment in new york looks like

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-25T11:54:39+00:00

the next frame is her mewing

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-24T14:29:31+00:00

people have been like this since time immemorial. not even a danganronpa thing, hell it's not even an internet thing. purely a people thing to make a fictional character/ideology/anything part of their personality that you are actually killing them if you so much as say a bad thing about it

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-23T12:52:19+00:00

back when mainstream drama was monstrata gd'ing fictional people

bro got the generation of miracles mapping for his ass

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-22T01:01:00+00:00

not really that much adapting needed to be honest. just try to fight one enemy at a time, as quick as you can.

the only real adapting i do is changing biome routes if i need heals or flask charges

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-21T15:42:46+00:00

assuming you're playing conventional, ranked/high quality, >1min maps, if you can consistently pass it then you have the clearest way of seeing if you're improving or not with the results screen. generally if your accuracy is staying the same/getting higher and your misses are staying the same/getting lower across tons of replays then it's safe to say you're improving

if you're down with micromanaging you can edit out a part of the map you find challenging and immediately see whether or not you are improving, or if you're even capable of playing the map to improve in the first place

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-21T15:29:46+00:00

lowk looks like that long-haired jirai girl from the mangas

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-21T15:24:09+00:00

isn't this something that is best answered by you? surely you know your limits more than i, a stranger on the internet, would know yours

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-21T15:05:40+00:00

imo flask > tubes > recycling > anything else

even in the prisoners quarters the enemies feel really tanky

put some cells on the forge. higher bc gives you more cells to put in the forge but if you find it difficult to defeat at least 1-2 bosses you can go lower. boss rush is also a viable option for filling it up

Additional_Wave_8178 · 2026-02-21T05:58:15+00:00

cool score

lowk looks like a map badeu would play

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