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Marecky
Asked: 2018-07-14 01:27:58 +0800 CST

How to change Ubuntu Budgie's Plank launcher command line parameters?

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I would like to run Tilix with param --session=~/my-tilix-config.json with mouse clicking Plank's launcher. I found that references to launchers visible in Plank are kept in ~/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/. Each *.dockitem file is just a simple text file with path to *.desktop. In my case I changed com.gexperts.Tilix.dockitem content to:

[PlankDockItemPreferences]
Launcher=file:///home/user/.local/share/applications/com.gexperts.Tilix.desktop

Next I went to aforementioned path and changed the proper launcher to

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.1
Type=Application
Name=Tilix
Comment=A tiling terminal for Gnome
Icon=com.gexperts.Tilix
DBusActivatable=true
Exec=tilix --session=/home/user/.config/tilix.json
Actions=new-window;new-session;
Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;X-GNOME-Utilities;
Keywords=shell;prompt;command;commandline;cmd;
StartupNotify=true

[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=New Window
Exec=tilix --action=app-new-window --session=/home/user/.config/tilix.json

[Desktop Action new-session]
Name=New Session
Exec=tilix --action=app-new-session --session=/home/user/.config/tilix.json

I checked that running tilix --action=app-new-session --session=/home/user/.config/tilix.json opens Tilix reconfigured with my config, then I logged out and logged in again to make sure settings were applied. When I click Tilix launcher passed argument does not work - it just runs Tilix in standard single mode (my config makes Tilix splitted into 4 quarters)

How can I launch Tilix with param?

launcher budgie plank

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    First thing I'd try :

    Exec="tilix --session=/home/user/.config/tilix.json"

    Second thing I think about - as Budgie does not seem to immediately "update" .desktop files in panels and probably docks:

    unpin from plank your actual Tilix launcher,

    Launch Tilix from your customized launcher in ~/.local/share/applications, then pin it to plank.

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