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| From | Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files |
| Date | 2020-06-01 20:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AcX2O-2oa-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Lu, 01 iun 20, 17:34:10, l0f4r0@tuta.io wrote: > 1 juin 2020 à 15:25 de wooledg@eeg.ccf.org: > > > I would not even *attempt* to do what you are trying to do here. Your > > life would become enormously simpler if you would just put this shell > > script inside a file, and Exec it as a script. > > > > Attempting to in-line a shell script inside an Exec= line is madness. > > > Interesting. Is it madness because it becomes too much complicated to > write it easily and correctly according to the official specifications > (namely quoting/escaping...)? Or for different reasons? Yes :) Question for you: how much would it have taken you to write that into a script compared to the time you spent trying to get the quoting right? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-06-01 15:20 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-01 15:30 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-06-01 17:40 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-01 20:10 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-06-01 20:40 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-02 07:50 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-06-22 19:50 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-22 19:50 +0200
Re: Syntax regarding "Exec" instruction in .desktop files davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-06-23 01:00 +0200
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