[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#449077: doesn't handle .desktop files with params in Exec=

[jelly at srce.hr (Zoran Dzelajlija)]

Package: xfce4
Version: 4.4.1
Severity: normal

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Hi,

xfce4 menu seems only to use the first word in Exec= line of a .desktop file.
Thus, (freedesktop.org) menu entries for eg. OpenOffice.org, having a
line like:

Exec=ooffice -writer %U

don't work correctly.  Upstream doesn't plan on fixing it in the near
future:

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2430

A workaround for this particular issue could be to fall back to
oowriter, oocalc etc. wrappers for OO.o, but it doesn't fix the
cause, and I'm hesitant to file a bug on OO.o for something that's
not its fault.

FWIW, Slackware packager does exactly that:
http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/sources/current/openoffice.org-2.3.0/desktop-file-fix-2.3.diff

Related Ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/159611

Regards,
Zoran
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--- Package information. ---
Depends                (Version) | Installed
================================-+-===========
xfwm4                 (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-2+b1
xfwm4-themes          (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1
xfce4-mcs-plugins     (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1
xfce4-panel           (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1jelly0
xfce4-icon-theme      (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1
xfdesktop4            (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-5
thunar                (>= 0.8.0) | 0.8.0-5
xfce4-utils           (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1
gtk2-engines-xfce     (>= 2.4.1) | 2.4.1-1
xfce4-session         (>= 4.4.1) | 4.4.1-1


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