[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 16351] New: xfce4-settings-manager does not ignore exec variables with no arguments in applications desktop files

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16351

            Bug ID: 16351
           Summary: xfce4-settings-manager does not ignore exec variables
                    with no arguments in applications desktop files
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Xfce4-settings
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: Settings Manager
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: maurizio.galli at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: Xfce 4.14

If a desktop file contains exec variables such as %F with no arguments,
xfce4-settings-manager does not remove it. 

Freedestop specifications are that " A command line may contain at most one %f,
%u, %F or %U field code. If the application should not open any file the %f,
%u, %F and %U field codes must be removed from the command line and ignored. "

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables

Example:

What doesn't work:

* Executing YaST Software Manager from the XFCE Settings Manager

  > 2019-12-27 13:06:20 <1> localhost.localdomain(9888) [Ruby]
 bin/y2start:22 y2base called with ["sw_single", "--arg", "%F", "qt",
> "-name", "YaST2", "-icon", "yast"]


What does works:

* Executing YaST Software Manager via right-click in an rpm file -> "Open

> with YaST Software"
> 
>   > 2019-12-27 13:14:13 <1> localhost.localdomain(13809) [Ruby]
> bin/y2start:22 y2base called with ["sw_single", "--arg",
> "/home/ytm/Downloads/vlc-3.0.8-2.4.x86_64.rpm", "qt", "-name", "YaST2",
> "-icon", "yast"]

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