TCL/TK GUI desktop shortcuts not working on Ubuntu 21.04

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Toolkit for Monte Carlo simulation of ionizing radiation — Trousse d'outils logiciels pour la simulation Monte Carlo du rayonnement ionisant

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TCL/TK GUI desktop shortcuts not working on Ubuntu 21.04 #809

Open rtownson opened 2 years ago

rtownson commented 2 years ago

Reported here (not verified): https://www.reddit.com/r/EGSnrc/comments/r68i85/some_guis_not_working_with_updated_linux_versions/

crcrewso commented 2 years ago

Will test, works on clean fedora 35. Tk is installed as default on Ubuntu 21.04 but TCL is potentially not.

rtownson commented 2 years ago

Apparently the GUIs work when launched from the command line, it's only the desktop shortcuts that are problematic.

crcrewso commented 2 years ago

I had success moving the icons to ~/.local/share/applications Source Ref Stack Exchange

Is it time to modify the installer to do this too. Theres been a lot of monkeying with the default purpose and behavior of the desktop over the last couple years.

crcrewso commented 2 years ago

Okay rabbit hole of rabbit holes.

Apparently the Free Desktop Foundation has a formal standard now. I think we should update to align