[Thunar-dev] Thunar launcher does not behave as I think it should ?! Update One

[Jelle de Jong]

Thunar launcher does not behave as I think it should

Linux xubuntu 6.10

Go to the desktop:

Right clink -> Create launcher..
Name: bla
wait for a few secs -> Things are now popping up that I can't explain.
Comment: blabla
Command: xterm
-> Press create button

Test it by executing the launcher it should open xterm

Now go with thunar to the location where the launcher is located.
In my case the launcher is on the desktop so i go there, I do:
thunar ~/Desktop

Copy the launcher and past it two times:

Normally if you copy a file it will show the file name and extension:

But now it will just show the launchers three times.
Now rename the all the created launchers to:

bla one
bla two
bla three

You would expect that the file names have changed but they did not.

Lest see what really is going on:
ls ~/Desktop | grep bla
shows:
bla.desktop
copy of bla.desktop
another copy of bla.desktop

This is not what thunar tells us.

If you want to correct the names you now have to manually open en save
them in a text editor or with the command line tools.

Can the behaver change to something like this and still applying to the
desktop launcher standards.

Create a new launcher the input field name will become only the name of
the file not both the name and a entry in the launcher file. Separate
the file name from the launcher name entry. By the Icon make it possible
to paste a link directly to select a icon. Crtl + L in the dialog
doesn't work great.

Now on the desktop you can remove the extension *.desktop from being
shown. But in thunar it will be show like with every other file.

(example thunar /usr/share/applications

If you copy and rename files with thunar or with a command line tool.
The name of the launcher will change with it and not only the entry
field in the launcher file. If you want to change the name entry field
you have to edit the launcher.

I believe this will improve the usability and user experiences of a
thunar user. What do you think?  (or is this against the standard :-S )