# contrib: desktop entry launches the GUI by absolute path · lucenx/signaltty

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Repository: [lucenx/signaltty](https://git.cafe/lucenx/signaltty)

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Requested revision: e26b5fcce14d45b7a7d2cae2f39dac54deb5f757

Requested commit: e26b5fcce14d45b7a7d2cae2f39dac54deb5f757

Commit: e26b5fcce14d45b7a7d2cae2f39dac54deb5f757

Tree: 5e88a670be064b26c26a26a46c354a13901e342a

Author: Simone

Committer: Simone

## Message

```
contrib: desktop entry launches the GUI by absolute path

Desktop sessions (e.g. KDE launched from a display manager) often lack
~/.local/bin on PATH, so the relative Exec=signaltty-gui failed with
"could not find the program". The installer now writes the installed
binary's quoted absolute path into the entry and refuses prefixes whose
characters would need Desktop Entry escaping.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

```

## Parents

- [49796379e41bbcdbff39c6d4c371bf518e458ce1](https://git.cafe/lucenx/signaltty/commit/49796379e41bbcdbff39c6d4c371bf518e458ce1?format=markdown)

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