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Nautilus won't allow changing the name of a launcher

Bug #326444 reported by pablomme
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

I've just done a fresh installation of Jaunty Alpha 4. When I attempt to change the name of an application launcher on the desktop, the change is ignored and the old name remains. This happens both if I hit F2 and edit the name directly or if I right-click, select Properties and change the name there.

Editing the .desktop file directly does work (with near-instantaneous effect on the displayed launcher name), so something breaks before nautilus gets to update the .desktop file contents.

My nautilus is at version 1:2.25.4-0ubuntu1.

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Cameron W (cwill747) wrote :

I confirm this bug using:
nautilus version 1:2.25.4-0ubuntu1
Jaunty Alpha 4
The old name remains when i hit F2 and when i right click. I can also change the name by editing the .desktop file contents, with a near-instantaneous effect on the displayed launcher as well.

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A. Walton (awalton) wrote :

2009-02-06 A. Walton <awalton@>

 * libnautilus-private/nautilus-link.c (get_language),
 (nautilus_link_local_set_key):
 Pass a language code to g_key_file_set_locale_string() so that we can
 actually rename .desktop files.

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Fix Committed
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pablomme (pablomme) wrote :

A new problem, which I think is related to the fix: if I try to change the icon of the launcher, the icon won't change. E.g., if I try to set JAMin's icon to the correct pixmap (which BTW is not done by default), the following appears in jamin.desktop:

 Icon[en_GB]=/usr/share/jamin/pixmaps/JAMin_icon.xpm

alongside the original

 Icon=jamin.svg

This results in no icon change. If I delete the original line, no change either. If I delete both lines and add

 Icon=/usr/share/jamin/pixmaps/JAMin_icon.xpm

the icon change becomes effective.

I would think that the icon should not be locale-dependent. Changing the name of the executable works fine, so this is specific to the icon property.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the new version is in jaunty closing the bug, open a new bug about the icon issue

Changed in nautilus:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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pablomme (pablomme) wrote :

Thanks, see bug #336679.

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