[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61790] task bar icon of Octave cannot be pinned properly under linux

[Hartmut]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61790>

                 Summary: task bar icon of Octave cannot be pinned properly
under linux
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: hardy
            Submitted on: Mon 10 Jan 2022 10:07:35 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 7.0.90
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When I start Octave 7.0.90 like normal (for me this is a .desktop file in
./local/share/applications that points to the relevant /bin/octave --gui),
then the GUI opens properly and the Octave icon is properly display on my
(Gnome) task bar.

But "pinning" this icon to the task bar (under Gnome with a right mouse click,
and then "add to favorites") does not have the intended effect. The task bar
icon is pinned. But when I click it the next time, a different (installed)
version of Octave (version 6.3.0) is opening up instead of the version 7.0.90
which is mentioned in the .desktop file.

Am I the only one seeing this behavior? Am I doing something wrong here, or is
there some meta-information missing somewhere, so that linux can tell that the
new Octave binary version is a different program to the last version of
Octave?




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