There is a PR with free desktop files for Pd, I think adapted from extended: 
https://github.com/pure-data/pd-icon/pull/6 
<https://github.com/pure-data/pd-icon/pull/6>

This PR needs to be redone to the main repo, but maybe the files are helpful, 
at least in testing.

> On Aug 15, 2022, at 12:17 AM, Samuel Burt <composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the responses.
> 
> Opening the folder in the OS is probably the best way around this but it does 
> introduce some unpredictable issues outside of pd. Hopefully, Windows and 
> MacOS users won't have any trouble opening a pd file from Explorer or Finder. 
> I had to do a little research to make the adjustments to my .desktop file for 
> the tweak that would allow pd as an option for "Open with". 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 10:25 AM Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:danomat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Yes, it is a current limitation.
> 
> For now, you can tell them to double click on any folder name at any level in 
> the browser and it should open that folder within their system's file 
> browser. This is true with any entry in the help browser, ie. double click on 
> am html file and it should open in the system's default web browser.
> 
> I intend to look at the PR again and see if it's possible to resolve the 
> visual issues. The better solution is to encase the columns within a horz 
> scroller because the next complaint/observation will certainly be "I can open 
> 10+ browser cols but the whole window no longer fits on my screen!"
> 
>> On Aug 13, 2022, at 8:59 AM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at 
>> <mailto:pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at> wrote:
>> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:49:08 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Sebastian Shader <sebfumas...@aol.com <mailto:sebfumas...@aol.com>>
>> To: "composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com <mailto:composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com>" 
>> <composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com <mailto:composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com>>,
>>      "pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>" 
>> <pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>>
>> Subject: Re: [PD] Max number of panels in Help Browser
>> Message-ID: <1300995413.1266499.1660373348...@mail.yahoo.com 
>> <mailto:1300995413.1266499.1660373348...@mail.yahoo.com>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> 
>> Hi,??? You can see this PR: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1240 
>> <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1240>
>> unfortunately I'm not sure how to resolve the flickering issue mentioned. 
>> However, I included the PR in my pd fork regardless:
>> https://github.com/sebshader/pdnext/releases 
>> <https://github.com/sebshader/pdnext/releases>(if on linux you have to 
>> compile yourself.. use the current master branch)alternatively, you might be 
>> able to just take helpbrowser.tcl from my PR and move it into your pd 
>> install location (wherever the .tcl files are)
>> 
>> -seb
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Samuel Burt <composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:composer.samuel.b...@gmail.com>>
>> To: Pd-list <pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>>
>> Sent: Fri, Aug 12, 2022 10:45 am
>> Subject: [PD] Max number of panels in Help Browser
>> 
>> Is the Help Browser limited to showing only six panels? or is this a 
>> limitation of one's desktop environment?
>> I'm considering switching from pd-tutorial to using the else library for 
>> teaching Pd fundamentals, but the else library has directories like 
>> else/Live-Electronics-Tutorial/Part.01-The.Basics/01-Pd.Quickstart/2.Syntax/3.Send-Receive/
>>  
>> and then my Help Browser won't show the contents of the next directory. I'm 
>> using Pop_OS whose COSMIC desktop is based on Gnome.
>> Thanks for any suggestions. I really want to make this really easy for the 
>> students.
>> Sam
> 
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> @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika>
> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
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> 
> 
> 

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