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Also search in the Exec field of desktop files
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfce4-appfinder
Component:
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Description Jérôme Guelfucci editbugs 2009-02-20 15:26:21 CET
Some applications do not actually put their name in the desktop file but they put a description instead, like "Web Browser" or "Image editor".

It would be usefull if the appfinder could also return results when the Exec field matches a research.
Comment 1 Jérôme Guelfucci editbugs 2009-07-08 17:22:23 CEST
Created attachment 2442 
First try

The attached patch seems have the expected effect most of the times. Though, I found one item for which the filtering is not correct (typing xfrun4 does not show the item). Still, it works fine for all other applications I tested.
Comment 2 Jannis Pohlmann editbugs 2009-07-09 00:02:10 CEST
This is fixed in revision 30225:

        * src/xfce-appfinder-window.c: Don't use startup notification for now.
          As we use exo-open to launch desktop entries, people usually end up
          with annoying waiting cursors and a lot of temporary exo-open items
          in the taskbar. Add tooltips showing the categories and command for
          each item in the tree view (original patch by Jérôme Guelfucci). Use
          "launch" instead of "execute" in the GUI (patch by Jérôme Guelfucci,
          fixes bug #4968). Add support for searching the Exec field of desktop
          entries (original patch by Jérôme Guelfucci, fixes bug #4969).

Bug #4969

Reported by:
Jérôme Guelfucci
Reported on: 2009-02-20
Last modified on: 2009-07-14

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Assignee:
Jannis Pohlmann
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Attachments

First try (1.80 KB, patch)
2009-07-08 17:22 CEST , Jérôme Guelfucci
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