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From: Fazlul Shahriar <fshahriar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:27:50 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Desktop File for Acme [plan9port]
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This works for me:

$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/acme.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Categories=Development
Name=Acme
Comment=
Exec=/home/fhs/bin/sh/acmestart
Icon=/usr/local/plan9/mac/spaceglenda.png
Path=/home/fhs
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:10 PM Parker Ellertson <pellertson@firemail.cc>
wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a desktop entry so I can launch acme w/o opening a
> spare terminal.  So far I have this in the entry:
> ```
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Type=Application
> Exec=/home/parker/bin/acme.rc &
> Terminal=true
> Name=Acme
> Icon=/usr/local/plan9/mac/spaceglenda.png
> ```
> And the executable file is:
> ```
> #!/usr/bin/env rc
>
> TERM=dumb
> plumber
>
> fn cd { builtin cd $1 && awd $sysname }
> tabstop=4
>
> #font='/mnt/font/Lucida Grande/15a/font'
> #font='/mnt/font/Roboto Regular/14a/font'
> #font='/mnt/font/Noto Sans/13a/font'
>
> lfont=/mnt/font/UnifontMedium/10a/font
> font=$lfont
>
> SHELL=rc
> exec acme -a -f $font -F $lfont $*
> ```
> The script works when I launch it in a terminal.  But I can't figure out
> why it isn't working via the desktop entry.  I had `terminal` set to
> false before and it didn't work.  But when I set it to true, I see a
> terminal screen flicker for a moment before it vanishes again.  Anyone
> here have any luck with doing this?
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>This works for me:</div><div><br></div>$ cat ~/.local=
/share/applications/acme.desktop <br>[Desktop Entry]<br>Version=3D1.0<br>Ty=
pe=3DApplication<br>Categories=3DDevelopment<br>Name=3DAcme<br>Comment=3D<b=
r>Exec=3D/home/fhs/bin/sh/acmestart<br>Icon=3D/usr/local/plan9/mac/spacegle=
nda.png<br>Path=3D/home/fhs<br>Terminal=3Dfalse<br>StartupNotify=3Dfalse<br=
></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:10 PM Parker Ellertson &lt;pellertson@firemail.c=
c&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I&#=
39;m trying to set up a desktop entry so I can launch acme w/o opening a <b=
r>
spare terminal.=C2=A0 So far I have this in the entry:<br>
```<br>
[Desktop Entry]<br>
Version=3D1.0<br>
Type=3DApplication<br>
Exec=3D/home/parker/bin/acme.rc &amp;<br>
Terminal=3Dtrue<br>
Name=3DAcme<br>
Icon=3D/usr/local/plan9/mac/spaceglenda.png<br>
```<br>
And the executable file is:<br>
```<br>
#!/usr/bin/env rc<br>
<br>
TERM=3Ddumb<br>
plumber<br>
<br>
fn cd { builtin cd $1 &amp;&amp; awd $sysname }<br>
tabstop=3D4<br>
<br>
#font=3D&#39;/mnt/font/Lucida Grande/15a/font&#39;<br>
#font=3D&#39;/mnt/font/Roboto Regular/14a/font&#39;<br>
#font=3D&#39;/mnt/font/Noto Sans/13a/font&#39;<br>
<br>
lfont=3D/mnt/font/UnifontMedium/10a/font<br>
font=3D$lfont<br>
<br>
SHELL=3Drc<br>
exec acme -a -f $font -F $lfont $*<br>
```<br>
The script works when I launch it in a terminal.=C2=A0 But I can&#39;t figu=
re out <br>
why it isn&#39;t working via the desktop entry.=C2=A0 I had `terminal` set =
to <br>
false before and it didn&#39;t work.=C2=A0 But when I set it to true, I see=
 a <br>
terminal screen flicker for a moment before it vanishes again.=C2=A0 Anyone=
 <br>
here have any luck with doing this?<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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