Re: Easytag won't start from desktop icon

["Steven P. Ulrick" <meow8282 gmail com>]

On 08/02/2015 07:28 PM, Ernie D wrote:
> Doesn't seem like an easytag problem if EasyTag runs at all.  It appears
> to be possibly a packaging problem for whatever distribution you have.
>
> If you can look at the properties of the menu item for Easytag, it
> should show "easytag %F" for the command.
>
> When the desktop displays the menu, it should get the information from
> "easytag.desktop" located in "/usr/share/applications" Assuming it
> follows Xorg specs.

Hello, Ernie
I compile and install Easytag from the Git repo.  The version of Easytag 
that I am running is installed in the following location:
/usr/local/spu/assorted/e/easytag/easytag-20150727-1456

I have the following in my $PATH:
PATH=/usr/local/spu/assorted/e/easytag/easytag-20150727-1456/bin:$PATH

I have the following in my $XDG_DATA_DIRS:
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/spu/assorted/e/easytag/easytag-20150727-1456/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS

I do not have Easytag installed from the official Fedora repos. Only 
from Git.

I will now install Easytag from the Fedora Repos and see what happens...

As installed from the Fedora Repos, Easytag starts in all the ways that 
I said that it didn't in my original message on this subject...

A couple of points in closing:
1. Easytag is the only application that I build from source that I have 
seen so far that behaves this way when I try to open it any other way 
than from a terminal.
2. Easytag did NOT behave this way until recently.
3. I forgot to mention earlier that I did suspect that this may be an 
issue on my system.
4. Also, "easytag.desktop" as installed from the Git repo does contain 
the "%F" that you referred to.

But, since Easytag is the only application that I am having this problem 
with & I did not have this problem with Easytag in the past, I figure 
this list is the best place to star for help :)

If you need any more information, I will be glad to oblige.

Thank you,
Steven P. Ulrick


> On 08/02/2015 03:37 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> > Hello, David
> > This one makes no sense to me, and the only information I can give you
> > is to tell you what the problem is.
> >
> > If I try to start Easytag from the icon that I have on my desktop, it
> > will not start.  I cannot start Easytag from Krunner or the "Kickoff
> > Application Launcher" either.  If I click on the Easytag executable
> > directly, no joy either.
> >
> > But if I run Easytag from a terminal, it works perfectly.
> >
> > I am not having similar issues with any other applications at this point.
> >
> > If you need more info, tell me what you need.
> >
> > Thank  you,
> > Steven P. Ulrick
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