Re: Bug with desktop files

[Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar freenet de>]

Am Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:49:41 +0100
schrieb Jonathan BISSON <bissonjonathan gmail com>:

> Hi,
> 
> I found a dramatic (because sawfish won't start) bug :
> 
> When I got this file in my /usr/share/applications :
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=R
> Exec=R
> Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/r.png
> DocPath=/usr/lib/R/doc/html/index.html
> Type=Application
> Categories=Science;Maths
> 
> 
> It doesn't work and says : 
> "error--> (bad-arg #<closure trim-end> -1 2)"
> 
> When I remove the Categories line it works
> When I type a longer name in both Name and Exec, it works.
> 
> But this program is really called R. And I will not tell their author to
> call it otherwise ;) And this dekstop file works with any other
> environment I tried.
> 
> 
> Please CC to my email adress as I'm not a subscriber
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 

In general you should provide the Sawfish version you are using. It should be fixed
in 1.6.2. And sorry for the delay, simply subscribe to the list please.

Chris

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