bug: unable to create a desktop entry of type "Link" due to missing url parameter

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Issue description

I'm trying to create a .desktop entry of type "Link" like this:

xdg.desktopEntries.test-link-entry = {
    name = "test-link";
    type = "Link";
    url = "https://example.com";
}

and get error:

error: The option `home-manager.users.username.xdg.desktopEntries.test-link-entry.url' does not exist.

Maintainer CC

@cwyc

System information

- system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.6.13-xanmod1, NixOS, 24.05 (Uakari), 24.05.20240125.ae5c332`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.1`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/b9c11c60n2svicqc6zhk5wdngzym8daq-9s5qs4hni9fj88x79iw6im7amv7ghb76-source`

[cwyc]

An oversight. The url field wasn't included in the beginning, since it wasn't supported by the function we use to generate the file. Since then they've added support for a number of fields, so I'll submit a PR to include them. In the meantime, try this:

xdg.desktopEntries.test-link-entry = {
    name = "test-link";
    type = "Link";
    settings.URL = "https://example.com";
}

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[sechmann]

This is still broken. Also the workaround no longer works as:

  xdg.desktopEntries.test-link-entry = {
    name = "test-link";
    type = "Link";
    settings.URL = "https://example.com";
  }

Yields:

Error: key "Terminal" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is "Link" while this key is only valid for type "Application"