Desktop Entry Specification: Add new ExecArg key

[Vladimir Kudrya]

We are in the same boat. I'm just pointing out that in the concept of 
proposed spec having ExecArg is not always mandatory and having 
TerminalEmulator category is mandatory.

On 16/07/2024 10.53, Manuel Schneider wrote:
> I am not arguing against it either. I just want it to happen. 
> Preferably soon.
>
> My personal motivation is my app Albert launcher. Currently I need the 
> fragile heuristics mentioned before and an in app configuration of the 
> user terminal to be used for several actions. This is terribly time 
> consuming and impossible to get right. If we had the ExecArg I could 
> at least guarantee the functionality of this feature and delegate 
> responsibility to desktop entry authors in case of failures.
>
> Ofc I'd prefer your proposal to be merged, because then I could even 
> delegate the choice of the terminal to the system. But compared to 
> this "convenience" I'd be happy to have it "working at all". But given 
> the fact that your proposal lingers around for 5 years I thought we 
> could probably speed it up by going step by step. IIUC your proposal 
> is a dedicated standard which relies on changes to the desktop entry 
> spec. Having this single key added to the desktop spec in near future 
> seems to be more realistic. It is a requirement for your proposal 
> anyway, so we are in the same boat, aren't we?
>
> Since I am not familiar with the XDG realm I struggle to find out 
> where to start a discussion to get things off the ground. You sent 
> your PR long time ago. Has there been a discussion or such anywhere?
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