TNP,

> when invoking a desktop launcher icon you are not talking to the
> application, you are talking to the window manager.

Thats why I said:
[quote]
Another possibility would be that Linux notices the modifier when the
shortcut is clicked, and adds a switch to the call of the program
[/quote]

>> *with part of my question being if the OS/shortcut has any support for
>> it -
>> which would be the best-and-easiest solution - but which it doesn't seem
>> to
>> have.
>
> You have to customise the window manager.

That would be a possibility too, but a change of that magnitude is not
something I'm currently willing to pursue.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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