Add launcher shortcuts on Linux

[spacey-sooty]

Doesn't add desktop shortcuts due to complications with how gnome
handles desktop files

Resolves #136

[sciencewhiz]

Using a category of Robotics instead of Development might be more relevant

[calcmogul]

Do custom categories like Robotics work?

[calcmogul]

We probably don't want a .desktop for ToolsUpdater.

[tav@myriad applications]$ ls
'AdvantageScope (WPILib) 2025.desktop'  kscreen-doctor.desktop                  'SysId 2025.desktop'
'Choreo (WPILib) 2025.desktop'          mimeinfo.cache                          'ToolsUpdater 2025.desktop'
'DataLogTool 2025.desktop'              'OutlineViewer 2025.desktop'            wine
'FRC VS Code 2025.desktop'              'PathWeaver 2025.desktop'               wine-extension-chm.desktop
'Glass 2025.desktop'                    'roboRIOTeamNumberSetter 2025.desktop'  wine-extension-hlp.desktop
kscreen-doctor-2.desktop                'RobotBuilder 2025.desktop'             wine-extension-msp.desktop
kscreen-doctor-3.desktop                'Shuffleboard 2025.desktop'             wine-extension-vbs.desktop
kscreen-doctor-4.desktop                'SmartDashboard 2025.desktop'

[sciencewhiz]

Do custom categories like Robotics work?

It's in the spec. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/additional-category-registry.html

[sciencewhiz]

I just tried this on Ubuntu 24.04, and I didn't get tool files installed to ~/local/share/applications, just VS code

[spacey-sooty]

I just tried this on Ubuntu 24.04, and I didn't get tool files installed to ~/local/share/applications, just VS code

Was it a tools only run? Assuming it was its fixed now.

[sciencewhiz]

I just tried this on Ubuntu 24.04, and I didn't get tool files installed to ~/local/share/applications, just VS code

Was it a tools only run? Assuming it was its fixed now.

Yes it was tools only, and it's fixed now

[sciencewhiz]

It seems like most of the tools don't show up in the dock when I ran them

[spacey-sooty]

It seems like most of the tools don't show up in the dock when I ran them

For me tho showed up after a bit of a wait. I think I might've had to interact with the window as well?

[spacey-sooty]

You can see in the below clip the icon does appear it just takes a while

Screencast.from.2024-10-26.23-03-13.webm

[spacey-sooty]

funny note from this, if I have the same version of Choreo installed from Choreo and the installer the installer version will override the launch icon for the Choreo install

[sciencewhiz]

There isn't a delay if launching either the executable or shell script directly, only when using the launcher

[sciencewhiz]

The java tools StartupWMClass weren't correct

[sciencewhiz]

The .desktop files are written with CRLF line endings

[spacey-sooty]

The .desktop files are written with CRLF line endings

idrk how we can fix this, the dotnet formatter will want everything in the file to be crlf

[spacey-sooty]

I dont think it being written with CRLF endings is an issue and even if it is its seperate to this PR, the vscode desktop file already had this problem.

[calcmogul]

These shortcuts aren't showing up in a Robotics category for me.

[calcmogul]

This still didn't sort correctly. The following seems to work though.

diff --git a/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/ViewModels/InstallPageViewModel.cs b/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/ViewModels/InstallPageViewModel.cs
index 989b108..b9a1744 100644
--- a/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/ViewModels/InstallPageViewModel.cs
+++ b/WPILibInstaller-Avalonia/ViewModels/InstallPageViewModel.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace WPILibInstaller.ViewModels
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
 Type=Application
-Categories=Science & Maths
+Categories=Robotics;Science
 Name={name} {frcYear}
 Comment={nameNoWPILib} tool for the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition season
 Exec={configurationProvider.InstallDirectory}/tools/{nameNoWPILib}.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ StartupWMClass={wmClass}
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
 Type=Application
-Categories=Robotics
+Categories=Robotics;Science
 Name={name} {frcYear}
 Comment={name} tool for the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition season
 Exec={configurationProvider.InstallDirectory}/tools/{name}.sh

[sciencewhiz]

Needs a shortcut for elastic

[sciencewhiz]

On Ubuntu 24.04, only a few are showing up in the launcher (Advantagescope, Elastic, VS Code)