Chromium web-app creation doesn't work in 12.10?

If you create an application of a website in Chromium and choose "desktop", a .desktop file is created. In 12.04, you were able to move it to ~/.local/share/applications/ and then start it from the Dash or the launcher. In my fresh 12.10 installation, this doesn't work anymore. I think the line that is misinterpreted is Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --app=http://buymeapie.com/. If you try to run it from a terminal, you get the following result:

20:32 ~ speter > Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --app=http://buymeapie.com/ bash: --app=http://buymeapie.com/: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

(English: "File or directory not found").

Can anyone explain or knows a workaround?

Solution 1:

The problem is within the file Chromium creates. Using your example, this is the .desktop it creates:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Buy Me a Pie! - Lista de Compras
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --app=http://buymeapie.com/
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=chrome-http___buymeapie.com_
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=buymeapie.com

the problem is in the first line, the "shebang line" and the desktop entry definition should be in two different lines

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
(...)

So this should be a Chromium bug. To correct this, you only have to open the .desktop created with a text editor and add a new line between those two lines.

PS: The Exec line is correct: if you execute /usr/bin/chromium-browser --app=http://buymeapie.com/ in a terminal the website is shown.