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[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hello,

Firstly, thank you for maintaining Calibre packages!

It seems that Calibre's launcher is named 'calibre.desktop' but when you
launch Calibre GUI, you can see that Calibre window's class is 'Calibre-
gui' and not 'Calibre'. (according to `xprop`)

It's maybe a detail but if the name of the class and the launcher are
different, it's harder for a taskbar manager (a shell, a panel, a dock,
etc.) to make a link between them.

In the source code of Calibre, I see that it should produce a launcher named 'calibre-gui.desktop': https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/src/calibre/linux.py#L697
But it seems that Debian/Ubuntu packages are using their own launcher: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/calibre/saucy/view/head:/debian/local/calibre.desktop

Is it possible to use the upstream launcher or to rename Debian/Ubuntu's
launcher? (note that it's also maybe better to have an icon with the
same name as the launcher =>
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/src/calibre/linux.py#L856
)

** Affects: calibre (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hello,
+ 
+ Firstly, thank you for maintaining Calibre packages!
  
  It seems that Calibre's launcher is named 'calibre.desktop' but when you
  launch Calibre GUI, you can see that Calibre window's class is 'Calibre-
  gui' and not 'Calibre'. (according to `xprop`)
  
  It's maybe a detail but if the name of the class and the launcher are
  different, it's harder for a taskbar manager (a shell, a panel, a dock,
  etc.) to make a link between them.
  
  In the source code of Calibre, I see that it should produce a launcher named 'calibre-gui.desktop': https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/src/calibre/linux.py#L697
  But it seems that Debian/Ubuntu packages are using their own launcher: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/calibre/saucy/view/head:/debian/local/calibre.desktop
  
- Is it possible to use the upstream launcher or rename it? (note that
- it's also maybe better to have an icon with the same name as the
- launcher =>
+ Is it possible to use the upstream launcher or to rename Debian/Ubuntu's
+ launcher? (note that it's also maybe better to have an icon with the
+ same name as the launcher =>
  https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/master/src/calibre/linux.py#L856
  )

** Summary changed:

- Calibre has a .destkop file and the main binary named 'calibre' but the class of the window is 'Calibre-gui'
+ Calibre has a .destkop file named 'calibre' but the class of the window is 'Calibre-gui'

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Title:
  Calibre has a .destkop file named 'calibre' but the class of the
  window is 'Calibre-gui'

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