Adding an enviromental variable in .desktop icon fails the icon

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I am editing the .desktop file for microsoft edge, originally the icon file works:

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Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable %U
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=microsoft-edge
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

While after adding an environmental variable in the Exec the program won’t start.

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# Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable %U
Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable %U
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=microsoft-edge
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

Anyone knows how to correct this? (GTK_IM_MODULE is for ibus)

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Have you installed ibus?

apt-cache policy ibus

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Also, to be on the safe side, when executing complex commands on the Exec= field of a .desktop file, try using:

Exec= sh -c “Command1 ; Command2”

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RJP wrote:

apt-cache policy ibus

Yes, I am using ibus, it works for most of the apps including firefox and geany, however it does not work for microsoft-edge.

$ apt-cache policy ibus
ibus:
  Installed: 1.5.23-2
  Candidate: 1.5.23-2
  Version table:
 *** 1.5.23-2 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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PPC wrote:

Also, to be on the safe side, when executing complex commands on the Exec= field of a .desktop file, try using:

Exec= sh -c “Command1 ; Command2”

This one does not work, clicking on the icon has not effect at all:
Exec=bash -c 'export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim;/usr/bin/geany'
While without export it works:
Exec=bash -c '/usr/bin/geany'
I need to import new environment variable though.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by symbol.

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I exported GTK_IM_MODULE and XMODIFIERS in the script /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable and fixed the problem.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2011 The Chromium Authors
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.
#ibus
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim #Fix for Chrome and Brave, when I start either of them from command lines
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
# Let the wrapped binary know that it has been run through the wrapper.
export CHROME_WRAPPER="<code>readlink -f &quot;$0&quot;</code>"

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by symbol.
• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by symbol. Reason: highlight keywords in solution

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