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fix .desktop support #1

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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ docker pull mundialis/docker-qgis2


You can download a convenient "qgis2" startup script here: [qgis2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mundialis/docker-qgis2/master/qgis2).

Download the file and store it either into `$HOME/bin/` or in `/usr/local/bin/` (or likewise into a directory listed in your PATH environment variable) and set the "executable" flag of the script.
Hence, be sure to make the "qgis2" script an executable:
```
chmod a+x qgis2
```

A .desktop file can be used as well for starting QGIS from a desktop environment.
Modify the paths to the qgis2 launch script and the icon inside `qgis.desktop` (must be full absolute paths!), then copy it:
```
cp qgis.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
```

## Usage

Simply run
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docker rm <process id or container name>
```

In case the launch script doesn't work properly, try adding the `-t` flag to the `docker run` command.
This will break launching from the desktop environment though.

## Acknowledgements

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions qgis.desktop
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=QGIS 2.18 LTR in Docker
GenericName=QGIS 2.18 LTR in Docker
Comment=GIS 2.18 LTR in Docker
Exec=~/Documents/launch_scripts/docker_qgis.sh %U
Comment=QGIS 2.18 LTR in Docker
Exec=/home/norwin/bin/qgis2 %U
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here the user name is hardcoded, could that be changed?

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That is what this PR is primarily about:
In my environment (Gnome 3.32.2), the .desktop file is not recognized when relative paths or enironment variables are in the path.

Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=text/shp;
Icon=/usr/local/qgis-icon-60x60.png
Icon=/home/norwin/src/docker-qgis2/qgis-icon-60x60.png
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here the user name is hardcoded, could that be changed?

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions qgis2
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Expand Up @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ USER_NAME=`basename $HOME`
# --rm will remove the container as soon as it ends


sudo docker run --rm --name qgis2 \
-it \
docker run --rm --name qgis2 \
-i \
-v ${HOME}:/home/${USER_NAME} \
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
-e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
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