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Nick Lemaire
Asked: 2012-06-29 06:58:52 +0800 CST

How to reference to .desktop file? (installed in /opt) in a dynamic quicklist?

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I'm trying to create a dynamic quicklist for an application I'm developing in quickly.

This is the line of code I use to try and connect to the .desktop file:

self.launcher = Unity.LauncherEntry.get_for_desktop_id("my-app.desktop")

For testing purposes, I've found that when using quickly run I should copy the .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications. When I do this, the quicklist shows up correctly.

However, when packaging my app using quickly package --extras, and installing this package, I get a launcher without quicklist.

Does this have something to do with my app being installed in /opt? Meaning my desktop file is located somewhere else? Should I use another reference to the desktop file?

EDIT:

I've tried to find the .desktop file. But I can't seem to locate it.. Does this mean I should generate one myself? and that I should link to that file?

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  1. Best Answer

    It seems when you package with the --extras parameter, the .desktop file gets a prefix. So I needed to reference to the desktop file like this:

    self.launcher = Unity.LauncherEntry.get_for_desktop_id("extras-my-app.desktop")
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