Re: Testing requested: new manuscript viewer tool for Frescobaldi

[Urs Liska]

Am 18.11.2015 um 16:56 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> Il giorno mer 18 nov 2015 alle 16:33, Urs Liska <address@hidden>
> ha scritto:
>> Does sh read ~/.bashrc?
>
> Yes, it does:
>
> $ sh -c "echo $LILYPOND_GIT"
> /home/fede/src/lilypond-git
>
>
>>
>> What about
>>
>> bash -c frescobaldi
>> ?
>
> same error
>
> I think that we should recommend the full path in the desktop file:
>
> Exec=/full/path/to/frescobaldi/frescobaldi
>
> As the documentation says¹:
>
> The executable program can either be specified with its full path or
> with the name of the executable only. If no full path is provided the
> executable is looked up in the $PATH environment variable used by the
> desktop environment.
>

Ah, that often is an issue. It's the desktops that don't read .bashrc,
not `sh` or `bash`.
IIRC I have given up on this because it's even more convenient to fire
up frescobaldi through the Alt+F2 interface ...

Urs

BTW: I've also updated the Wiki page.

> ¹ http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html
>