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[Bug 705007] Re: Unity has no method to maintain properties of launchers

 

As part of the big bug clear up for 16.04 this bug is being marked as
Opinion. While this bug is affecting you, and potentially others, we are
not considering working on it so it won't get fixed by us. Other
developers are free to pick this up and work on it. Sorry that we can't
offer you help at this time.


** Changed in: unity
       Status: Confirmed => Opinion

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Opinion

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Title:
  Unity has no method to maintain properties of launchers

Status in Unity:
  Opinion
Status in unity-launcher-editor:
  New
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: unity

  In Unity I would like to have multiple icons for one application in
  the same way that I do on my classic GNOME desktop. One points the
  standard application binary, another has parameters appended. Right
  now I'm told that the user has to maintain .desktop text files as
  there is no GUI for setting this.

  In GNOME 2 we were able to maintain the 'properties' of a launcher
  with Right Click -> Properties.  Can this functionality be ported to
  Unity please?

  Use case 1: Mark is a web developer and needs to test sites under
  multiple personalities (admin, user, non-authorised user) in Firefox.
  This is achieved with multiple profiles, each with their own cookies,
  add-ons, cache etc.

  firefox -profilemanager

  Use case 2: Andy is a systems administrator and uses ssh frequently to
  access a set of known boxes

  ssh kwak.example.com
  ssh faustino.example.com

  Use case 3: Alan is testing some software, and would like to always
  run it in debug mode so that he can give the verbose results of his
  testing to the developer

  tomboy --debug

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: unity 3.2.12-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  260.19.29  Wed Dec  8 12:08:56 PST 2010
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-1ubuntu6)
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jan 19 16:18:41 2011
  DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2011-01-19 12:33:17.207056
  DistroCodename: natty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed 
   nvidia-current, 260.19.29, 2.6.35-24-generic, x86_64: installed 
   vboxhost, 3.2.12, 2.6.37-12-generic, x86_64: installed 
   vboxhost, 3.2.12, 2.6.35-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  GraphicsCard:   Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device [107d:2a62]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=fb22b4e1-1576-4bf8-8272-15300bc7de38 ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  SourcePackage: unity
  UnitySupportTest:
   
  dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
  dmi.bios.version: ASUS P5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1801
  dmi.board.name: P5N32-E SLI
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.XX
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSP5N32-ESLIACPIBIOSRevision1801:bd04/24/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5N32-ESLI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu6
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu7
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1

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