Re: Modifying Desktop Icons [Solved]

On 23/06/2024 03:16, Pranjal Singh wrote: although not having your data out there is better IMHO Notice that firefox has "Always use private browsing mode" setting exposed to UI.

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons [Solved]

Hi Gareth, I have solved it. The solution: *drumroll* Switch from Ubuntu to Bookworm. On 22/06/24 15:33, Gareth Evans wrote: [...] There is no "[-]-private" option according to the grep I performed, and [-]-private produces a non-private window when run here from the command line. Thanks B

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

> On 20 Jun 2024, at 20:52, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 22:56:33 +0530, Pranjal Singh wrote: >>> It runs regular Firefox after adding the -private-window flag. >>> >>> To get a MWE, I made these changes later: >>> - Exec=firefox -private-wi

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 09:33:22PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: [...] > This is (one) reason why using undocumented features is a Bad Thing™. It doesn't seem to be "undocumented": on the contrary, it's rather "overdocumented" (two different ways in two different places), but thanks to some intrepid

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On 21/06/2024 00:26, Pranjal Singh wrote: What I've done is changing /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop: - Exec=firefox %u + Exec=firefox -private-window %u I also created a desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications, but that too didn't work. You may file a bug (if it does not exist ye

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:55:12 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >or just try it! It works pefectly well with a single hyphen. Now, yes. However, at some point, that may no longer be the case. When (perhaps) somebody notices that actually behaviour differ

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

> > > Assuming that's not a typo, please try: > > > > > > --private-window > > > > Yep. Asking firefox itself (firefox --help) confirms that the > > option wants two dashes. > > See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions#-private-window > > or just try it! It works pefectly well

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 01:38:00AM +0100, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh > > > wrote: > > > > > >  > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > > > an incognito window by default. > > > > > > ... > >

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 22:56:33 +0530, Pranjal Singh wrote: > > It runs regular Firefox after adding the -private-window flag. > > > > To get a MWE, I made these changes later: > > - Exec=firefox -private-window %u > > - StartupWMClass=firefox > > +Exec=gnome-calculator

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM Gareth Evans wrote: > > > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh wrote: > > > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > > an incognito window by default. > > ... > > > >

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 01:38:00AM +0100, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh wrote: > > > >  > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > > an incognito window by default. > > > > ... > > > > - Exec=firefox %u > > + Exec=fir

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM Gareth Evans wrote: > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh wrote: > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > an incognito window by default. > ... > > - Exec=firefox %u > + Exec=firefox -private-window %u > > Assuming that's not a t

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 22:56:33 +0530, Pranjal Singh wrote: > It runs regular Firefox after adding the -private-window flag. > > To get a MWE, I made these changes later: > - Exec=firefox -private-window %u > - StartupWMClass=firefox > +Exec=gnome-calculator Did you see Gareth's reply at

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

Hi Eben, Sorry for the late reply. I realise I could've added more details. On 18/06/24 01:31, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 6/17/24 15:29, Pranjal Singh wrote: Hi, I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens an incognito window by default. ... What I've done is changing /usr/

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

> On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh wrote: > >  > Hi, > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > an incognito window by default. > > ... > > - Exec=firefox %u > + Exec=firefox -private-window %u > Assuming that's not a typo, please try: --private-window (

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

On 6/17/24 15:29, Pranjal Singh wrote: Hi, I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens an incognito window by default. ... What I've done is changing /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop: - Exec=firefox %u + Exec=firefox -private-window %u I also created a desktop fi

Modifying Desktop Icons

Hi, I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens an incognito window by default. I've modified and created .desktop files as per tutorials on the net and rebooted, but it doesn't work. What I've done is changing /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop: - Exec=firefox %u + Ex