Start .desktop and .sh files from File-finder in Linux.

[cecoates]

File-finder can locate .desktop and .sh files, but can't launch them to start a program.

Expected Behavior

Open Zazu and type the name of a program. Program appears in results. Select .sh/.desktop file in results to launch program.

Actual Behavior

Open Zazu and type the name of a program. Program appears in results. Select .sh/.desktop file in results to launch program. Nothing happens.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Alt+Space to start Zazu. Type a program name. Select .sh/.desktop file.

Versions

Zazu: 2.3
OS: Linux debian 4.8.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.8.11-1 (2016-12-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux

GIT (if you have it installed):

Please, include a link to gist of most applicable ~/.zazu/log/ file.

[bayleedev]

I hard a hard time following along, but it seems like this can be closed, right?

[cecoates]

Sorry I wasn't clear!

You can't launch programs from Zazu using .sh or .desktop files. It would be a neat enhancement if that were possible.

For example, if I type in "crashplan", it will find the crashplan.desktop file, but hitting enter won't do anything.

[bayleedev]

Thank you! [:

[cecoates]

This unfortunately appears to be a bug with gvfs-open :-(

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343896

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/378783

Currently I'm using the workaround suggested in the comments about Dex.

If you install Dex, and then create a dex.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=dex
Comment=DesktopEntry Execution
Exec=/usr/bin/dex %F
Type=Application

in ~/.local/share/applications and /usr/bin/applications, and then associate .desktop files with dex.desktop, you can launch programs using the "open" command in Zazu:

http://cld.wthms.co/KJGF

Not sure if there's a more elegant workaround. If you click on a .desktop file in Nautilus, it seems to launch the program.

[JeroenBoersma]

This is fixed partly, .sh files are indexed, add your own directories at will.

You may assign this to me... Working on it..
Needs some work to read those files.

• read .desktop files
• find the icons and apply them
• read the executable
• remove the executables if found via appfinder (fancyness)