Bug 164825

Summary:	Path in .desktop not evaluated
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Hardy Hünteler <h.huenteler>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Hardy Hünteler 2008-06-24 15:41:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

I have an .desktop-File with a Path-Entry (Arbeitsverzeichnis in german).
If i start the program in Konsole with:
 cd [Path-Entry]
 startProgram
all is OK

if i have the same entries in the .desktop-File the start is broken. The same configuration under KDE 3.5.9 works!

My .desktop-File for this windows-program: http://www.suuntosports.com/mysuunto/downloads/SDM16.exe
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[de]=DiveManager
Comment=DiveManager
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec='/usr/bin/wine' sdm.exe
GenericName[de]=
GenericName=
Icon=
MimeType=
Name[de]=DiveMan
Name=DiveMan
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/SDM
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-DCOP-ServiceType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-06-24 20:01:51 UTC

not sure why it worked with kde 3, but the backslashes are just wrong.

Comment 2 Hardy Hünteler 2008-06-26 20:10:54 UTC

i've tried
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/SDM

Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/SDM
whitout the backslashes

Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/SDM
like a cd generates in Konsole

Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files'/SDM
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files"/SDM
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/"Program\ Files"/SDM
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/"Program\\ Files"/SDM

and least i tried a softlink "ProgramFiles" to the directory "Program Files"
Path[$e]=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/SDM

Because no one works, i came to the conclusion, that the Path-Entry is ignored ...

Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-07-04 09:30:19 UTC

ok, expansion doesn't work in desktop files, indeed.
if you try to read a desktop file with kreadconfig, it returns the right value, though. strange ...

Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-07-04 10:05:58 UTC

fixed for kde 4.1 and 4.0.6.