Figured it out.  I needed to add %U to the exec line in the .desktop file.

Where is there a list of the various command line options (such as this %U)?

Thanks,
-Denis

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would like to be able to double-click on a .PLT file to have lpr launch
> with the file as the argument.
>
> I have created a *.desktop file, made it executable, and placed it in
> ~/.local/share/applications.  It shows up in Dash.  But it does not show as
> an application that I can associate with a file.
>
> Am I going in the right direction?
>
> Thanks,
> -Denis
>
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