What does search bar invoke when to open a software












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I installed a GUI dictionary - goldendict.



It could be opened from terminal



me@me~$ goldendict
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty


or could be opened from search in Press Super Key



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What happened , when open a software from the search shortcut?



Does it run a subshell to open a software like goldendict as



 me@me:~$ (goldendict 2&>/dev/null &)


Does it invoke such a command?










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  • It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

    – danzel
    6 hours ago











  • I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

    – Rinzwind
    6 hours ago
















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I installed a GUI dictionary - goldendict.



It could be opened from terminal



me@me~$ goldendict
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty


or could be opened from search in Press Super Key



enter image description here



What happened , when open a software from the search shortcut?



Does it run a subshell to open a software like goldendict as



 me@me:~$ (goldendict 2&>/dev/null &)


Does it invoke such a command?










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  • It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

    – danzel
    6 hours ago











  • I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

    – Rinzwind
    6 hours ago














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I installed a GUI dictionary - goldendict.



It could be opened from terminal



me@me~$ goldendict
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty


or could be opened from search in Press Super Key



enter image description here



What happened , when open a software from the search shortcut?



Does it run a subshell to open a software like goldendict as



 me@me:~$ (goldendict 2&>/dev/null &)


Does it invoke such a command?










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I installed a GUI dictionary - goldendict.



It could be opened from terminal



me@me~$ goldendict
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty


or could be opened from search in Press Super Key



enter image description here



What happened , when open a software from the search shortcut?



Does it run a subshell to open a software like goldendict as



 me@me:~$ (goldendict 2&>/dev/null &)


Does it invoke such a command?







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  • It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

    – danzel
    6 hours ago











  • I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

    – Rinzwind
    6 hours ago



















  • It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

    – danzel
    6 hours ago











  • I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

    – Rinzwind
    6 hours ago

















It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

– danzel
6 hours ago





It invokes the command specified in the Exec=... line in the corresponding desktop entry, which is a file with .desktop extension in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. You can open that file with a text editor to view its contents.

– danzel
6 hours ago













I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

– Rinzwind
6 hours ago





I would assume the systemd tasks responsible for this checks the desktop file on what to execute. ps -ef | goldendict would tell you most of what you want and you can backtrack the process id to find the source of the command.

– Rinzwind
6 hours ago










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