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  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgtoKDE@lemmy.kde.social•[Solved] How do I troubleshoot dolphin's custom service menus?
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    2 days ago

    I can’t tell from that error message whether the inner quotes are being discarded when the command is run, or just hidden when the error message is displayed.

    Too bad it doesn’t tell you what part of the command is causing the syntax error. Have you checked for more info in the output of journalctl --boot _UID=1000? (Assuming your user id is 1000 and you use systemd.)

    Re-reading the spec page that I linked above, I see reference to both a general escape rule and a quoting rule. That could be complicating things with the quotes and backslashes, and maybe even the dollar signs and semicolons, which apparently are reserved. In case it helps, I don’t think those semicolons are needed at all.

    Before diving deeper into escaping rules, though, I would consider whether it’s time to move the whole command line into a script, and simply pass %f to the script in your Exec= line. That would avoid the need for nested escaping/quoting, and allow you to write debug information to a temporary file when the script runs.

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgtoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale?
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    4 days ago

    Good point. I forgot about that possibility because I don’t spend much time playing in Open mode.

    The same thing tends to happen on stronghold carriers in Solo mode, I suspect because Frontier programmed the game to spawn a bunch of NPC ships eager to dock with those carriers when a mini-instance is created. You can be the only player within light years, and still have to wait several minutes for all those NPCs to leave before you can dock.

    *facepalm*

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgtoKDE@lemmy.kde.social•SDDM is going to be replaced?
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    8 days ago

    As someone who runs multiple desktop sessions at once, each on a different virtual console, sddm is a continual pain in my workflow. Notably:

    • It assigns desktop sessions to virtual consoles inconsistently, and has no way to manually configure them, so Control+Alt+FN often switches to a session that’s not the one I wanted. The assignments can change from day to day or any time a session logs out and back in. This makes using multiple desktops a constant pain.
    • I don’t know for sure, but I suspect it is behind the graphical glitch that makes the desktop session unlock screen draw incredibly slowly on KDE 5. Having to wait several seconds for each character in my passphrase to register is an annoying waste of time.