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   Alan K. to yossarian   
   Re: Desktop icon files   
   01 Sep 25 15:48:38   
   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 9/1/25 2:40 PM, yossarian wrote:   
   > On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 19:17:31 +0100   
   > pinnerite  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The files associated with desktop icons have lines like:   
   >>   
   >> Exec=nemo -n   
   >>   
   >> What does the -n do?   
   >>   
   > nemo .h   
   > -n, --no-default-window Only create windows for explicitlyspecified URIs   
   >   
   >   
   And to pinnerite: You should try it in shell.   
   'nemo -n ~/Downloads'  or 'nemo ~/Downloads'   
   What happens?   
      
   Here nemo -n does nothing.  I gave it no folder to start in.   
   but nemo -n ~/Downloads does open a window and Downloads.   
   My guess it's a safeguard to not open windows unless a starting folder is   
   supplied.   
   Normally nemo along just opens in $HOME   
      
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