Bug 97555 – need gui to edit exec section in .desktop files

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Bug 97555 - need gui to edit exec section in .desktop files

Summary:	need gui to edit exec section in .desktop files

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	desktop-file-utils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	9
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Dan Williams
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Reported:	2003-06-17 14:17 EDT by matteo porta
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:54 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2004-05-14 17:38:30 EDT
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Description matteo porta 2003-06-17 14:17:41 EDT

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030508

Description of problem:
I made a launcher for an application, the after some time I upgraded the app,
and the path changes. Then I wanted ti update the launcher, so I right clicked
the icon and choose properties. I was hoping to find a tab to edit the path, but
there isn't one. I had to open an xterm and manually edit the .desktop file,
changing the old path to the new one.
A beginner will never be able to do that. So please add a tab in the properties
window so that even beginners can change path and other options.
Thanks.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a launcher for an app
2. change the path of the app
3. the launcher now is useless
4. i have to manually edit the .desktop file or re-create it !
    

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Comment 1 Dan Williams 2004-05-14 17:38:30 EDT

gnome-panel has this now...

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