Terminal=true does not work in Shortcut Group
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
unity-lens-applications |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity-place-applications (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I've tried to make a "launcher" for Unity, whose purpose is to have several options to execute some particular .sh file. Some those .sh files need a "terminal" and some do not. But, I have found that for a "Shortcut group" Terminal=true seems to have no effect.
Here's a simplified case to reproduce. For demonstrtaion you could likely use an echo "hello world" type sh file, but after having trouble with my real world case, I used the sh script in
http://
My own .sh files are long and complicated and have other prereqs.
So, I put the script in my ~/bin directory, named textmenu.sh and created a desktop file named "textmenu.desktop" which I later drag and drop on the launcher. The contents of the .desktop file (for demonstration) is
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Utility Menu
Exec=textmenu.sh
Icon=/usr/
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
X-Ayatana-
[one Shortcut Group]
Name=one
Exec=textmenu.sh
Icon=/usr/
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Once in launcher, the first item "Utility Menu" does open a terminal (and shows results of .sh file). The second item, the Shortcut Group named "one", does _not_ open a terminal. From my "real world" example, those shortcuts would still execute and the applications still be visible (its a full Eclipse app) but, no "terminal" to view debug output, etc.
One work around is to use something like "Exec=gnome-
I have not tried this on earlier versions of launcher. Current system info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
$ apt-cache policy unity
unity:
Installed: 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
Candidate: 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
Version table:
*** 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
4.
500 http://
I hope you find this bug report useful.
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-lens-applications: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |