Ubuntu
gnome-shell package

examples.desktop file in home dir is opening in gedit

Bug #1847736 reported by Will Cooke
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Bug Description

The "examples.desktop" file in the home directory should open /usr/share/example-content but instead it opens the .desktop file in gedit.

Will Cooke (willcooke)
tags: added: rls-ee-incoming
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Will Cooke (willcooke) wrote :

Possibly related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/448

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Will Cooke (willcooke) wrote :

My interpretation of that upstream bug is that .desktop files of type=link are not supported any more.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

It was also reported in disco -> bug 1826040

tags: added: eoan
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