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Vish (vish) has assigned this bug to you for gnome-session in ubuntu:

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Getting stuff added to autostart is much too difficult. First of all,
guessing that it's in System->Settings->Sessions is not very obvious.
Second of all, actually adding stuff to the list is close to impossible
if you're not familiar with the layout of the Linux filesystem.

Possible solutions in order of preference:
1) Add it to the context menu in the gnome menu. If a program is set to autostart, make this obvious by putting a tiny emblem of some sort in its menu entry.

2) Add a new (sucks, I know) entry to the system->settings menu called
"Autostart" or something. In there, present the list of stuff that's in
the gnome menu and put a checkbox next to each entry to make it start
automatically.

3) Keep the tab in the gnome-session-preferences, and replace the
current "Add" dialog with a widget that allows you to select a program
from the gnome menu and hide the "Add" dialog under some sort of
"Advanced" thing.

** Affects: gnome-session
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: hundredpapercuts
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
         Status: Triaged

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Adding stuff to autostart is too difficult
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140918
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