On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 03:12:03PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > "Arguments may be quoted in whole. If an argument contains a reserved > character the argument must be quoted. The rules for quoting of arguments is > also applicable to the executable name or path of the executable program as > provided.
> Quoting must be done by enclosing the argument between double quotes and > escaping the double quote character, [...] OK so far. > Let's take an example, here is my fusuma.desktop file:[Desktop Entry] > Type=Application > Name=fusuma > Exec=sh -c 'if which ruby >/dev/null && which gem >/dev/null; then $(ruby -r > rubygems -e "puts Gem.user_dir")/bin/fusuma -d; fi' You have not followed the allowed syntax. You have an argument which needs quoting, but you have not enclosed it in double-quotes. Nor have you escaped the characters within it that need escaping. 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.
