DockbarX

Can't create launchers for Wine apps

Bug #693208 reported by Stephen Wilson
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Bug Description

I can't create launchers for Wine apps (tried Word 2000 and Excel 2000).

I launch a Wine app from its launcher in the menu, no problem, it appears in the dock with its correct icon.

I right click the DockbarX icon, choose "Make custom launcher".

The defaults are:
Name: winword.exe
Command: env WINEPREFIX="/home/myloginname/.wine" wine drive_c\windows\command\start.exe /Unix /home/myloginname/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/myloginname/Start\ Menu/Programs/Microsoft\ Word.lnk

I accept these. A launcher is created. However, it doesn't do anything when clicked, and it also has the wrong icon. However, if a word doc is opened, the resulting window *does* get associated with the launcher.

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Stephen Wilson (stephen-murray-wilson) wrote :

Actually, I have a follow up. When I said the defaults are filled in, I think that must be from when I tried to make the launcher through various other methods. There was a file in ~/.dockbarx/launchers. When I got rid of it, then tried to create a launcher, those boxes were empty by default.

But anyway, even if I fill them with sensible values (i.e. winword.exe, and the launcher string from the app launcher from the menu), then it doesn't work.

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Matias Särs (msevens) wrote :

What happens if you use that command you have in the description but leave out

env WINEPREFIX="/home/myloginname/.wine"

Matias Särs (msevens)
Changed in dockbar:
status: New → Incomplete
Matias Särs (msevens)
Changed in dockbar:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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oneindelijk (oneindelijk) wrote :

Same problem, different behavior:
I'm using Evernote with Wine.
The launcher won't open Evernote although its properties are exactly the same as the launcher from the "whiskers menu" or the launcher on the desktop.
When I launch it from the desktop, a duplicate of the evernote icon appears on the dockbar which can't be pinned or its properties revealed (So, in my situation the application is NOT being associated with its launcher)

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