Thunar launcher does not behave as I think it should Linux xubuntu 6.10
Go to the desktop: Right clink -> Create launcher.. Name: bla wait for a few secs -> Things are now popping up that I can't explain. Comment: blabla Command: xterm -> Press create button Test it by executing the launcher it should open xterm Now go with thunar to the location where the launcher is located. In my case the launcher is on the desktop so i go there, I do: thunar ~/Desktop Copy the launcher and past it two times: Normally if you copy a file it will show the file name and extension: But now it will just show the launchers three times. Now rename the all the created launchers to: bla one bla two bla three You would expect that the file names have changed but they did not. Lest see what really is going on: ls ~/Desktop | grep bla shows: bla.desktop copy of bla.desktop another copy of bla.desktop This is not what thunar tells us. If you want to correct the names you now have to manually open en save them in a text editor or with the command line tools. Can the behaver change to something like this and still applying to the desktop launcher standards. Create a new launcher the input field name will become only the name of the file not both the name and a entry in the launcher file. Separate the file name from the launcher name entry. By the Icon make it possible to paste a link directly to select a icon. Crtl + L in the dialog doesn't work great. Now on the desktop you can remove the extension *.desktop from being shown. But in thunar it will be show like with every other file. (example thunar /usr/share/applications If you copy and rename files with thunar or with a command line tool. The name of the launcher will change with it and not only the entry field in the launcher file. If you want to change the name entry field you have to edit the launcher. I believe this will improve the usability and user experiences of a thunar user. What do you think? (or is this against the standard :-S ) _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
