From kde-linux  Sat Jul 26 09:28:16 2008
From: Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:28:16 +0000
To: kde-linux
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Help with desktop file,
Message-Id: <200807261128.30849.kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
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On Friday 25 July 2008, jisaitua@covenco.cl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would appreciate if someone could help me with the following problem.
> I'm running kubuntu hardy (KDE 3.5.9) and this is the situation:
>         - I have myapp in /usr/bin/myapp and in /opt/bin/myapp
>         - I also have myapp_entry.desktop in /usr/share/applications with
> the Exec line as "Exec=3Dmyapp".
>         - I added /opt/bin into PATH (editing /etc/environment). So PATH
> has the following:
> /opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/us=
r/
>games
>
> Now, when I launch "kdialog --msgbox `echo $PATH`" using ALT+F2 it shows
> correctly:
> /opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/us=
r/
>games
>
> When I launch "myapp" using ALT+F2 it runs /opt/bin/myapp as expected.
> But, and here is my problem, when I launch "myapp_entry" using ALT+F2 it
> runs /usr/bin/myapp and not /opt/bin/myapp as I would expect.

Depending on what the desktop-entry specification says this could be the=20
intended behavior, i.e. prefer the application on the same prefix as=20
the .desktop file over one in PATH.

=46or example in a scenario where you'd have myapp and myapp_entry.desktop =
both=20
in /usr/ and /usr/local, the respective menu entry would launch the=20
respective program.

However my guess is that it is actually a bug, so I suggest you file a bug=
=20
report against kdelibs. Might be just in time for KDE 3.5.10
Would be interesting to know if anyone with a KDE4 setup can reproduce it.

Cheers,
Kevin

=2D-=20
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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