[fpc-pascal] Linux GTK-2 GUI app

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Mon Aug 31 12:31:58 CEST 2020



On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
>> This is a puzzling sentence: "From the Linux Terminal only" - As opposed 
>> to what ?
>
> I meant to say that, without a .desktop file, the app is not 
> double-clickable.

Of course it is ? 
The .desktop file is just there to create an item in the Menu or on the desktop.
(depending on where you put it)

But if you double click it in your file explorer, it will  always start
provided the file mode is set correctly (execute bit set)


Michael.


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