Posted by electrosteam on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Mouse-on-LHS-ESC-Key-tp5715482p5715512.html

I have re-read the specification for desktop entry and did some experimenting.

You do not need the copy of the file in ..../home/share/applications.
This approach is used when the file to be executed is more than the trivial executable line that I am using.
My entire file with the executable line is in the desktop folder.

There is also a suggested requirement that the file be named with a ".desktop" extension.
Mine are not, and they work.
It could be the ".desktop" file extension only applies to the file in ..../applications, when that approach is used.

John