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Re: Starting an application on login



On 04/06/14 04:55, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Daniel Lintott wrote:
> 
>> It only makes sense to start the application when the user logs in,
>> which can be done using the $(HOME)/.config/autostart directory or
>> adding an entry using the Startup Applications GUI.
> 
> There are additional dirs that the package can install into:
> 
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html

Thankyou for the link... I had found the directories but that gives me
the information on how to use them

>> From the packaging perspective, is this something we should do when the
>> package is installed... or should it be left to the user to configure
>> how they start it?
> 
> In general, things in Debian should work when they are installed so I
> would say autostart it.

That was certainly my initial feeling

Regards,

Daniel

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