exo-desktop-item-edit parameters for command

Alexander Zeitler

1/27/24, 7:16 AM

I created a desktop launcher for exo-desktop-item-edit with this command:

exo-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications

However, when starting the launcher to create a new launcher, it is asking for a filename / location when saving.

Seems like the --create-new ~/.local/share/applications parameter is ignored when being run as launcher command while it works fine from the command line.

This is the .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Create Launcher
Comment=
Exec=exo-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications
Icon=applications-other
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

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xfce

xubuntu

.desktop

steeldriver

1/27/24, 3:09 PM

AFAIK shell constructs like `~` are not supported in a .desktop file Exec key - you'll likely need to either replace it with a literal path or wrap the whole command line in a `sh -c ' ... '`

Alexander Zeitler

1/27/24, 8:24 PM

Thanks, using an absolute path (not sure what "literal path" means) fixed it.

steeldriver

1/27/24, 8:50 PM

Haha I couldn't think of a better term than "literal" since arguably `~/` is itself an absolute path - or, at least, isn't a relative path - see for example [Is `~/Documents` a relative or an absolute path?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/221970/is-documents-a-relative-or-an-absolute-path)

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