https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415948
Bug ID: 415948
Summary: Session creation in Kate causes invalid desktop file
to be placed in ~/.local/share/applications
Product: kate
Version: 19.08.2
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: sessions
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: rud...@rudd-o.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
If the user creates a Kate session, Kate persists the session in a desktop file
created in the user's local/share/applications folder. It does so the
following way:
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[Desktop Action Session d4c143f004d88b7286e6f999dea9d0d7]
Exec=kate -s accounting
Name=accounting
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Session d4c143f004d88b7286e6f999dea9d0d7;
Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;TextEditor;
Comment=KDE Advanced Text Editor
Exec=kate -b %U
GenericName=Advanced Text Editor
Icon=kate
InitialPreference=9
MimeType=text/plain;
Name=Kate
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.kde.kate
X-DBUS-StartupType=Multi
X-DocPath=kate/index.html
X-KDE-HasTempFileOption=true
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The presence of this header before the [Desktop Entry] header (which is a
violation of the desktop entry spec) causes programs which use GIO's
GDesktopAppInfo to launch applications (including the Qubes OS operating
system) to fail to launch the applications. The same file minus the [Desktop
Actions] header works fine in the same environment:
--------------------------------------
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Session d4c143f004d88b7286e6f999dea9d0d7;
Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;TextEditor;
Comment=KDE Advanced Text Editor
Exec=kate -b %U
GenericName=Advanced Text Editor
Icon=kate
InitialPreference=9
MimeType=text/plain;
Name=Kate
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.kde.kate
X-DBUS-StartupType=Multi
X-DocPath=kate/index.html
X-KDE-HasTempFileOption=true
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It is unclear at this time whether the problem is with the editor that does it,
or somewhere in KDELibs that is doing the creation of the desktop file, but
it's certainly a bug.
OBSERVED RESULT
Programs compliant with the desktop entry specification fail. Please see
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1987 for more information.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Latest available in Fedora 30.
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