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nicks27

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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[Solved] Launcher command drag-and-drop arguments/parameters

Having created a Launcher icon on my desktop, how is it possible to drag-and-drop a file (or files) onto that launcher icon and have the file(s) passed as aguments/parameters to the Launcher's command?

For example, if my launcher's command is /usr/bin/bladeenc I want to be able to drag a bunch of WAV files onto the launcher icon, and for /usr/bin/bladeenc to be invoked with those WAV files as command arguments/parameters.

mmassonnet

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Re: [Solved] Launcher command drag-and-drop arguments/parameters

Append the parameter %U after the command, this is a specific argument of the desktop entry standard.

http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto … 01s06.html

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Mike

nicks27

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Re: [Solved] Launcher command drag-and-drop arguments/parameters

It turns out I needed the %F option rather than %U because the executable needed filenames rather than URLs, and that worked fine.
Thanks