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[Enhancement] Symlink for the Autostart element

steamopen Feature Request
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8285 · opened 2021-12-05 by cybik · updated 2022-06-06 · 1 comments · github
Ccybik 2021-12-05 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Latest
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu Derivative
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: No

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Observed behaviour: the ~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop and ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop files are different, and editing one does not update the other. This is an issue if/when someone would add arguments to the steam launcher .desktop file for experimental purposes, such as activating Pipewire support manually.

Requested fix:

Make it a symlink, so that Run Steam when my computer starts creates a link to ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop instead of copying its contents.

MMattSturgeon 2022-06-06 github

This might not always be the desired behaviour. Sometimes you might want the autostart file to have -silent in the Exec field to autostart steam in the background, without opening any windows.

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