.desktop files, Launchers, and Quicklists in 12.04

[Dngrsone]

Okay, check this out:

Here is a desktop file that provides a menu for selecting different Firefox programs via script:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=firefox -no-remote -P default
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=firefox
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;
StartupWMClass=Firefox
StartupNotify=true
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Default;Daily;Dngrlog;Roaming

Name[en_US]=FFmenu

[Default Shortcut Group]
Name=Default Browser
Exec=/home/dngrsone/.local/share/applications/scripts/FFmenu default
OnlyShowIn=Unity

[Daily Shortcut Group]
Name=Daily
Exec=/home/dngrsone/.local/share/applications/scripts/FFmenu Daily
OnlyShowIn=Unity

[Dngrlog Shortcut Group]
Name=Dngrlog
Exec=/home/dngrsone/.local/share/applications/scripts/FFmenu Dngrlog
OnlyShowIn=Unity

[Roaming Shortcut Group]
Name=Roaming
Exec=/home/dngrsone/.local/share/applications/scripts/FFmenu Roaming
OnlyShowIn=Unity

Of course, one might need to change the user directory...

Here is the accompnaying script:

#!/bin/bash

case $1 in
default)
firefox -no-remote -P default
;;
Daily)
firefox -no-remote -P Daily
;;
Dngrlog)
firefox -no-remote -P Dngrlog
;;
Roaming)
firefox -no-remote -P Roaming
;;
esac

Both files have to be executable, of course. If you right-click on the icon, you have the choice of four profiles. Pick the profile and it will launch an instance of Firefox under that profile.

There is a slight problem I haven't solved yet, though-- the new window does not have an icon on the launchbar.

[Dngrsone]

OH! I think I have figured out part of my problem-- the property Name[en_US]= will set the visible name of the .desktop file when you make it executable.

So that's why I was ending up with a bunch of .desktop files named Firefox!

[Dngrsone]

I cannot use the script to call a .desktop file from the script.

It looks like the instance window is captured by the regular Firefox icon; but only in the current desktop...