[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44349] octave desktop entry creates a terminal window

[Carnë Draug]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44349>

                 Summary: octave desktop entry creates a terminal window
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: carandraug
            Submitted on: Mon 23 Feb 2015 14:23:26 GMT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Octave will now install a desktop entry. This will make it appear on
application menus which is all nice. However, with the GUI, it will open a
terminal window and the GUI on another which is not really nice if people want
to use the GUI

This can be fixed by changing the


Terminal=true


line on 'etc/icons/octave.desktop.in'. What this change means is that people
who want a command line only (no GUI) will not have an application menu entry
for it.

Some options are: 1) install 2 application entries (with and without GUI); 2)
assume that people who do not want a GUI will open a terminal themselves to
start Octave.




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