https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492754
Bug ID: 492754
Summary: "Command or Script" shortcuts completely break desktop
files
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: 6.1.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: brodierobertson54...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When you make a "Command or script" shortcut Plasma makes a desktop file in
~/.local/share/applications for running that command. The name of the file is
the command used that is command, for additional shortcuts on the same command
a number is a appended to the name as in command-2.desktop, command-3.desktop,
etc.
Where this becomes a problem is with the first command which is called
command.desktop, not appending any number which creates a local user override
for that command. For user scripts this isn't a problem but when that command
is an application on your system like alacritty, where it will generate
alacritty.desktop if the first shortcut made isn't simply just opening the
application, any options being passed into the application will be used by
desktops that naively use the desktop file to open the application such as
COSMIC.
For users that only ever use Plasma this isn't an issue but for people that run
multiple desktops it causes Plasma to break the basic behavior on those
desktops, and when you fix it on those desktops it breaks the shortcut on
Plasma
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make a "Command or Script" passing options into the application in Plasma
2. Pin that command to the COSMIC system tray
3. Open the pinned application in COSMIC
SOLUTION
Never use the base name of the command for these additional desktop files being
generated, always append a number to it. My preferred solution would be stop
generating desktop files for the Plasma shortcut system but that would be a
much bigger solution to deploy.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
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