Bug 435744

Summary:	kioclient5 exec should be able to open .desktop files without absolute path
Product:	[Plasma] kde-cli-tools	Reporter:	Thiago Sueto <herzenschein>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Aleix Pol <aleixpol>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	a.samirh78, kdelibs-bugs-null, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description Thiago Sueto 2021-04-14 23:05:05 UTC

It would be easier to script with kioclient5 if it behaved like gtk-launch, which allows to execute .desktop files simply by running their filename directly:

gtk-launch org.kde.dolphin.desktop

or

gtk-launch org.kde.dolphin

(both work)

Currently the only syntax available for kioclient5 to open a .desktop file is

kioclient5 exec /usr/share/applications/org.kde.dolphin.desktop

Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2021-04-20 16:03:31 UTC

I think for that functionality you can use kstart:
kstart5 --application org.kde.dolphin

Comment 2 Ahmad Samir 2021-04-20 16:04:17 UTC

Closing, feel free to reopen if you disagree :)