Ubuntu
gnome-session package

doesn't recognise "~/" shortcut for /home/user/

Bug #70585 reported by Alan Rae
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gnome-control-center
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gnome-session
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gnome-session (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I installed the MoinMoin wiki (Desktop Edition) for my personal use. It is written in python, and in the terminal, the command to run it is:

    python ~/moin-desktop/moin.py

However, when entered into the "Additional startup programs", this doesn't work. It does work when rewritten as:

    python /home/user/moin-desktop/moin.py

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug, wishlist to forward upstream by somebody from the bugsquad

Changed in control-center:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in control-center:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've opened the bug upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430688

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Changed in gnome-session:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Jonathan Gibert (jokot3) wrote :

This is not a bug, the character ~ is expanded (or not) by the interpreter, when you type "python ~/main-desktop/moin.py" in a shell, it's the shell that replace "~" with /home/user.
You should not rely on it.

Regards,

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Emil Andersson (emil-jo-andersson) wrote :

It would be great to have gnome-session recognise the ~ character. That way, I could add a .desktop-file in /etc/skel/.config/autostart/ pointing to a standard (but per user customizable) script ~/foo/bar.sh.

A workaround is to launch "xterm -e ~/foo/bar.sh" instead.

Regards,
Emil

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
status: New → Expired
Akbarkhon Variskhanov (kbar)
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Opinion
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