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echo: rberrypi
to: R.WIESER
from: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
date: 2020-02-16 12:54:00
subject: Re: a .desktop shortcut c

On 16/02/2020 12:21, R.Wieser wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just took a look into the "chromium-browser.desktop" file found in the
> "/user/share/applications" folder, and noticed that it contained multiple
> "Exec=...." lines, in as many chapters.
>
> According to information I found here
> http://lxlinux.com/pcmanfm-actions.html rightclicking .... I assume the
> shortcut should give a context menu as shown in the image top-right of the
> webpage.
>
> The problem is that I can't get that context menu to appear. :-(
>
> Left- or rightclick clicking the above .desktop file doesn't cause such a
> menu to appear.   Trying them in combination with SHIFT, CTRL or ALT doesn't
> work either.
> ( I do get the standard context menu ofcourse, but none of the choices
> described in the main chapters "Actions= ..." entry are visible anywhere)
>
> Is there some secret handshake involved somewhere ?   If not, what is going
> on/wrong ?
>

I think you may find what ye seek herein:

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-la
test.html

It looks like there is a mechanism you can hack for what you want, but I
havent time to do the hard graft

look under [Desktop Action xxx]


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