Add a .desktop file
Categories
(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: jonathan.brielmaier, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0
Steps to reproduce:
I'm working on the GNU Guix (Linux) package opening a mailto: links doesnt result in opening a new message window of thunderbird. This is due to a missing .desktop file. The thunderbird sources doesn't contain a .desktop file.
So the linux distros adding a desktop file downstream in there packages, e.g.
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/mozilla:Factory/MozillaThunderbird/thunderbird.desktop?expand=1
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/thunderbird.desktop?h=packages/thunderbird
I think it would make sense to deliver a .desktop file with the thunderbird sources. This would also streamline the appearance of Thunderbird in desktop environment (e.g. GNOME) menus of the various distros.
A simple example could be:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Mozilla Thunderbird
GenericName=Mail client
Comment=Mail client supporting mail, news, chat and calendar
TryExec=thunderbird
Exec=thunderbird %u
Icon=thunderbird
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;
What do you think?
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Looks like Firefox has something https://searchfox.org/comm-central/search?q=.desktop&path=
Are those used?
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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No they are not used. And they should be at least modified for Thunderbird, e.g. MimeType's etc.
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Comment 3•3 years ago
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This is very relevant.
Currently every distribution adds its own .desktop file in their packaging, which introduces inconsistencies and bugs that are hard to fix properly.
See for example https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752195 and https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440062
This would be nice to have. Both Thunderbird and Firefox do not install a .desktop file. There is this file toolkit/mozapps/installer/linux/rpm/mozilla.desktop which could be used as a template for Firefox, but it doesn't get installed, and is flawed. It should be patched at the very least like:
modified toolkit/mozapps/installer/linux/rpm/mozilla.desktop
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Version=1.0
Name=@MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME@
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Your web, the way you like it
-Exec=@MOZ_APP_NAME@
+Exec=@MOZ_APP_NAME@ %u
Icon=@MOZ_APP_NAME@
Terminal=false
Type=Application
So that the browser can open links.
I've opened a likewise issue for Firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997492
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