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 > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug