#178 applications/*.desktop, %u,%f,%c,$()

[Anonymous]

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Hi,

nice to have, applications/*.desktop, %u,%f,%c,$() erraneous

when amending my applications/.desktop, to make them fit to Q4OS (1. Q4OS version affected: Host: q4os-desktop Kernel: 5.10.0-10-686-pae i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.11 Distro: Q4OS 4.7.1-n1 )
I realised that all %u %f %c $(subshell) did not work. Here my preferred example out of a applications/.desktop file (simplified):*

Exec=/bin/dash -ac ‘UU=”%u”; aaa $( bbb ) ccc $UU’

where aaa bbb ccc are existing programs in /usr/bin. Most of those symbols %u,$() did not work, due to something You did to the desktop.org policy. Your Q4OS seemes to do an unsolicited interpretation of any Exec=…
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1. First, all those %u %f %c never ever worked in Q4OS, and I tried with multiple combinations of %%u, $%u etc, none achieved anything. At this point I would like to mention: that Exec=…’ worked very well on other desktop.org WM like in Emmabuntus, MxLinux, Zorin.

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2. Second, that $( bbb subshell ) striked too, but when testing $$( with 2 dollar ) that middle part worked again. At this point I would like to mention: that Exec=…$( one dollar )...’ worked very well on other desktop.org WM like in Emmabuntus, MxLinux, Zorin.
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Do You have a way to make all that work like in Emmabuntus, MxLinux, Zorin?

Best Regards

[Q4OS Team]

This issue is not Q4OS specific. The same bearing you get on vanilla Debian with Trinity desktop installation. You are welcome to report that at Trinity developers https://trinitydesktop.org/ upstream.

This report will be closed as not Q4OS bug.