Add command line argument to just open quick launch version

[andersmmg]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I want to create a app menu shortcut to just open my main version directly, without having to manually update a shortcut every time I update it or change to a new version.

Describe the solution you'd like Add a command line option like --launch-quickstart that just launches it and exits, rather than opening the actual launcher.

Describe alternatives you've considered Currently I manually set up a shortcut which has to be changed all the time and is a pain, which kinda defeats the purpose of the launcher.

Additional context I'm on Linux

[zeptofine]

related to #71

I think this is very possible, and it also lines up with our idea to associate .blend files with BLV2 and launch its respective Blender version based on the file header

[andersmmg]

Currently, I have set up this bash script in ~/.local/bin/blender

#!/bin/bash

# Path to the ini file
INI_FILE="$HOME/.local/bin/Blender Launcher.ini"

# Read the value of 'favorite_path' from the ini file
FAVORITE_PATH=$(awk -F'=' '/^favorite_path/ {print $2}' "$INI_FILE")

# Check if the favorite path exists
if [ -d "$FAVORITE_PATH" ]; then
    # Execute blender with the full path to the binary, passing any provided arguments
    "$FAVORITE_PATH/blender" "$@"
else
    echo "Favorite path not found: $FAVORITE_PATH"
fi

[hazre]

I was looking for a solution like this but then I found out this exists. It's not automatic and you have to set it whenever you want to change it, but good enough for me.

Also since I already made this, might as well share it. It's @andersmmg's script but for windows. It's meant to work with "Open with" dialog.

param($FilePath)

# Path to the ini file
$IniFile = Join-Path -Path $env:USERPROFILE "./tools/Blender Launcher.ini"

# Read the value of 'favorite_path' from the ini file
$FavoritePath = Select-String -Path $IniFile -Pattern '^favorite_path\s*=\s*(.*)' | ForEach-Object { $_.Matches.Groups[1].Value }

# Check if the favorite path exists
if (Test-Path -Path $FavoritePath) {
    # Execute blender with the full path to the binary, passing the file path as an argument
    & "$FavoritePath\blender.exe" $FilePath
} else {
    Write-Host "Favorite path not found: $FavoritePath"
}

[zeptofine]

The quick launch version is the default behavior when performing ./Blender\ Launcher launch on the latest versions