Documentation: Convert the links in the .desktop
file to absolute paths to avoid potential problems
#11115
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When following the documentation for installing the desktop files as it is, I encountered numerous issues where the Helix icon and Helix desktop integration would sometimes work and sometimes not. Diagnosing the root cause was a nightmare. Eventually, I discovered that the
.desktop
file needed absolute paths to the Helix binary and icon.Note that kitty asks users to do the same thing: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary/#desktop-integration-on-linux
I am aware that the next section
To use another terminal...
assumes that the user has not made this absolute path change, but it might confuse things further to add it there. I am assuming that users could work out what is going on, it would be overkill to add all possible combinations, but I would be interested in some feedback on that.