EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)

📦 version 4.20.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

exo-desktop-item-edit — bestie, this is the little icon that edits your freedesktop.org .desktop files 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so real talk, this is exo-desktop-item-edit, and it's the moment. You point it at a .desktop file and it lets you edit it. That's the whole vibe. launcher files? link files? she does it all 🎀

🦋 Usage 🦋

exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION?] [FILE|FOLDER]

that's it. that's the incantation ✨

💅 Help Options 💅

like, the "wait what does this do again" section, and honestly iconic for it:

  • -h, --help — shows you the help options. the og cry-for-help flag 🫶
  • --help-all — shows you all the help options. not just some. ALL. she's thorough like that 💜
  • --help-gtk — shows you the GTK+ options, because this app is a GTK+ girlie at heart 🌈

👑 Application Options 👑

the main character section, as she deserves:

  • -c, --create-new — makes a brand new desktop file in the directory you handed her 🍓
  • -t, --type — picks what type of desktop file you're creating, and your choices are Application or Link. choose wisely bestie, no takebacks... okay there are takebacks, but still 💅
  • --name — preset the name when you're creating a desktop file ✨
  • --comment — preset the comment when you're creating a desktop file 💬
  • --command — preset the command when you're making a launcher 🔥
  • --url — preset the URL when you're making a link 🌐
  • --icon — preset the icon when you're creating a desktop file 🎀
  • -V, --version — prints the version info and dips immediately. short and sweet 🦋
  • --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use 🖥️

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>. legend behavior, honestly 👑

🚨 real talk time, and I need you to listen: exo-desktop-item-edit comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. none. zero. not a crumb. 😭

You may redistribute copies of exo-desktop-item-edit under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, which can be found in the exo source package. read it, it's giving responsible queen energy 📜

Please report bugs to <https://bugzilla.xfce.org/>. she wants to hear about them, fr fr 🙈

Copyright © 2005-2007

os-cillation e.K. All rights reserved. 🩷

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this is exo-desktop-item-edit version 0.12.1, dated June 2018 💖✨ go edit some desktop files, you absolute icon 🎀👑

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