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[Daniel Kondor <1966148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

yes, Cairo-Dock used to have issues with apps that have dots in their
desktop file names until recently.

Basic support for this was added in version 3.5.1, the latest stable release, available in our PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~cairo-dock-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

Additional improvements to identifying apps were made since then and available as part of the latest beta / release candidate (version 3.5.99.rc1):
https://launchpad.net/~cairo-dock-team/+archive/ubuntu/weekly

However, it is possible that your app would still be incorrectly
identified, so it would be great if you could re-test with the latest
version.

Thank you!


** Changed in: cairo-dock-core
       Status: New => Triaged

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1966148

Title:
  Desktop entries with more than one period fail to "Make It a Launcher"

Status in Cairo-Dock Core:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I was having issues adding Flatpak programs as launchers. Every time I
  tried to add a program as a launcher, it would disappear as soon as I
  closed the program, or logout/reboot. They wouldn't save.

  An example is the program "Exodus" crypto wallet from gnome-software
  with the Flatpak plugin / Flathub repo.

  The desktop entry created in ~/.local/share/applications/ is called
  "io.exodus.Exodus.desktop".

  Thought maybe it was the capital "E", but renaming to all lowercase
  didn't fix it. Finally renaming it to just "exodus.desktop" made it
  work fine as a system menu item and a dock launcher. Any time I use a
  filename with more than one period, Cairo Dock will not add it as a
  launcher.

  I found this page referencing the very same bug from 2018 on the Flatpak support page with no resolution mentioned:
  https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/2474

  It's not just Flatpak. It's every desktop file I've tried with more
  than one period, and Flatpak just happens to expose it.

  
  Extra Info:
  Debian Bullseye
  XFCE 4.16
  Cairo 3.4.1
  gnome-software 3.38.1-1
  flatpak 1.10.7-0+deb11u1

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