How to add a program to be indexed by Synapse?

Question

I downloaded the IntelliJ community edition and I'm currently running it by clicking the shell script that is in the folder of IntelliJ

I was wondering how I can make Synapse recognize the idea.sh file so I can launch it quickly

Answer 1

Make a launcher for IntelliJ and Synapse should automatically pick it up:

Content of ~/.local/share/applications/intellij.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=IntelliJ
Exec=/your/path/to/idea-IC-129.451/bin/idea.sh
Icon=/your/path/to/idea-IC-129.451/bin/idea.png
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;GNOME;Utility;

Make sure you enter the right path for Exec and Icon (the full path for your idea.sh and idea.png files). Save, double-click it then chose Mark as trusted when (if) prompted. Next time you open Synapse and type in... it should pop up: