On 1/4/23 12:22, Ben Koenig wrote:
The XDG launchers used in most Desktop environments don't have the ability to
use shell expansion ($ variables or ~). So you need to specify the full path.
Most GUI tools to create a launcher will have a file selecter that you can use,
and you might notice that after selecting your file it inputs the full path.
You *might* be able to set a "working directory" in the launcher, and then just
specify the name of the file you want to execute.
There might be variables available per the XDG specification, but I can't
remember what they are. I'm pretty sure there is a syntax to specify the user.
That worked. I put /home/rsteff in front of the rest of the string. Also
I was able to choose the working directory in the Launcher widget by
clicking on a file folder icon. After that, I was able to click on the
file folder icon next to the command selector and it took the .appimage
file for OpenShot in that directory.
Thanks!
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
