Scary .desktop behaviour

[Scott James Remnant]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 08:01 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="Matt Zimmerman">
> 
> > The only problem I can see would be if the file in nautilus doesn't "look
> > like" something which would be executed if the user activates it, and yet
> > it is.
> 
> See attached .desktop file (put it on your desktop).
> 
I saved that onto my Desktop, and it worked straight away.

-rw-r--r--    1 scott    scott         164 2005-01-06 14:48 example.desktop


The icon appears, and double-clicking on it makes the calculator appear.
But it isn't executable.

Scott
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