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Instructions for running on gnome include ~ in Exec, which is not allowed in the spec

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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Find the documentation instructions containing the GNOME .desktop file and inspect the Exec entry. Replace the ~ path with an explicit user path such as /home/neo, then verify the documented entry follows the desktop-entry specification.

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Description

In the .desktop file, Instead of ~ the path should specify the path and username explicitly (eg /home/neo) since the file does not understand how to expand ~.

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Python
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