- Closes#19030
When `%U` is used in desktop entries, file managers pick this and use
it:
- When you right-click a file and choose "Open with..."
- When you drag and drop files onto an application icon
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ea5aa008-b81c-4f10-9302-b82332f6b174"
width="200px" alt="image">
Adding it to CLI args, changes Flatpak desktop entry `Exec` from:
```diff
- Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=master --arch=x86_64 --command=zed dev.zed.ZedDev --foreground
+ Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=master --arch=x86_64 --command=zed --file-forwarding dev.zed.ZedDev --foreground @@u %U @@
```
This is Flatpak's way of doing `%U`, by adding `--file-forwarding` and
wrapping arg with `@@u` and `@@`.
Read more below
([source](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flatpak-command-reference.html)):
> --file-forwarding
>
> If this option is specified, the remaining arguments are scanned, and
all arguments that are enclosed between a pair of '@@' arguments are
interpreted as file paths, exported in the document store, and passed to
the command in the form of the resulting document path. Arguments
between "@@u" and "@@" are considered URIs, and any "file:" URIs are
exported. The exports are non-persistent and with read and write
permissions for the application.
Release Notes:
- Fixed Zed not visible in the "Open with" list in the file manager for
Flatpak.
Fixes#12585
This changes the expectations for installed binaries on linux based on
work
that @jirutka has done for Alpine.
In particular, we now put the cli in place as `bin/zed` and the zed
binary as
`libexec/zed-editor`, and assume that packagers do the same.
cc @someone13574
Release notes:
- N/A
---------
Co-authored-by: Mikayla <mikayla@zed.dev>
ping #6687
This is the third iteration of this PR ([v2
here](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/11949)) and uses a
different approach to the first two (the process wrapper lib was a
maintainability nightmare). While the first two attempted to spawn the
necessary processes using flatpak-spawn and host-spawn from the app
inside the sandbox, this version first spawns the cli binary which then
restart's itself *outside* of the sandbox using flatpak-spawn. The
restarted cli process than can call the bundled app binary normally,
with no need for flatpak-spawn because it is already outside of the
sandbox. This is done instead of keeping the cli in the sandbox because
ipc becomes very difficult and broken when trying to do it across the
sandbox.
Gnome software (example using nightly channel and release notes
generated using the script):
<img
src="https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/assets/81528246/6391d217-0f44-4638-9569-88c46e5fc4ba"
width="600"/>
TODO in this PR:
- [x] Bundle libs.
- [x] Cleanup release note converter.
Future work:
- [ ] Auto-update dialog
- [ ] Flatpak auto-update (complete 'Auto-update dialog' first)
- [ ] Experimental
[bundle](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/single-file-bundles.html)
releases for feedback (?).
*(?) = Maybe / Request for feedback*
Release Notes:
- N/A
---------
Co-authored-by: Marshall Bowers <elliott.codes@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Mikayla Maki <mikayla.c.maki@gmail.com>
