Custom dash shortcut to desktop file drops Exec args
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Unity |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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| unity (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
* unity with custom dash patch (unity 4.28.0-
* I have custom dash with two simple shortcuts consisting only of "source" items: one to libreoffice-
Both shortcuts display in dash as expected (the writer icon and calc icons display).
But, clicking on either does not launch the specific libreoffice app. Instead, libreoffice *generic* launcher displays and I need then to pick writer or calc (or draw, etc).
I guess the command line argument from the desktop file is dropped.
I also have a dash shortcut to firefox.desktop, whose Exec line also takes an arg. I modified the desktop file arg to hard code a path to a local html file, and on launching FF from the launcher, the local html displays, but when launching from dash, it does not.
Related branches
- Gord Allott (community): Approve
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Diff: 72 lines (+28/-4)1 file modifiedplugins/unityshell/src/PlacesHomeView.cpp (+28/-4)
| Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon) |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Olivier Tilloy (osomon) → nobody |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
| Kyle Nitzsche (knitzsche) wrote | #2 |
The cause of the issue lies in using g_app_info_
The proper way of launching the application is to invoke g_app_info_