Hi Greg, 1 juin 2020 à 15:25 de wool...@eeg.ccf.org:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 03:12:03PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > >> 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. > Yes, absolutely, that's why I mentioned my modifications some lines after in my OP ;) What would be your 100% compliant version please? > 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? Thank you in advance. Best regards, l0f4r0
