Possibility to launch notebook via .desktop file

[tomspur]

There is a current feature request at Fedora (see bugzilla bug, were a .desktop file is proposed to start the notebook:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Jupyter
Exec=sh -c "ipython notebook"
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=jupyter-sq.png
Categories=GNOME;GTK;
StartupNotify=true

Do you think this is a good idea and would you like to support this also when installing this package?

[minrk]

Do you mean the Fedora package, or the Python package? I think it would be great for this to be part of the fedora/debian package (note: it should be jupyter notebook not ipython notebook).

[takluyver]

For reference, I have a .desktop file in nbopen, which is principally to support opening .ipynb files from a GUI file explorer (so it doesn't actually show up in the menu):

https://github.com/takluyver/nbopen/blob/master/nbopen/nbopen.desktop

[tomspur]

I mean the Python package. I would prefer using a desktop file with an proposed and supported startup method by you. Maybe something like the nbopen.desktop file would work in this case too.
(yes, that bug and the Fedora ipython package is a bit older, it will be jupyter and not ipython at the end :))

[minrk]

Adding jupyter notebook %f would be good for launching a notebook server in a given directory. It would be even better if it did what nbopen does, and launches IFF one doesn't already exist, and opens if not.

[Amr-Ibra]

This issue is now closed by #6010 and #6099.

[kevin-bates]

Good point - thank you @Amr-Ibra!