".desktop"-files created by Cemu do not work, if the path to Cemu contains spaces or some other symbols

[MoonlightWave-12]

When creating a ".desktop"-file for a game with Cemu, and the path to Cemu contains spaces, or other symbols, that need a \ in front of them, it will not show up in the app-menu in GNOME (and probably other app-menus too).

This can be manually fixed, by modifying the "Exec=" line in the ".desktop"-files by adding \ in front of spaces, and some other symbols that need them, like (double) quotes.

Exec=/home/username/Games/"Nintendo Wii U"-Emulator/Cemu/Cemu-2.0-45-x86_64.AppImage … does not work.
This is how Cemu currently does it.

Exec=/home/username/Games/\"Nintendo\ Wii\ U\"-Emulator/Cemu/Cemu-2.0-45-x86_64.AppImage … does work.
This is what should be there instead.

Cemu-version: Cemu-2.0-45-x86_64.AppImage
Operating-system: "Debian GNU/Linux 12"

[qurious-pixel]

Modifying with single quotes around the double quotes does work.

For a path at: home > username > Games > "Nintendo Wii U"-Emulator > Cemu

Exec='/home/username/Games/"Nintendo Wii U"-Emulator/Cemu/Cemu-2.0-45-x86_64.AppImage'

[MoonlightWave-12]

Modifying with single quotes around the double quotes does work.

Yes, but it won't work when there is a single-quote in the path.

Double-quoting everything does not work either, when there is a double-quote in the path.

[ThisNekoGuy]

Typically, we handle this on Linux in situations like this by inserting backslashes before spaces and other special characters like parenthesis, like this when we can't use quotes:

mkdir "test - (testing)"
cd test\ -\ \(testing\)

Just having Cemu insert backslashes where appropriate like that should be fine

[capitalistspz]

Might you be able to check out this PR
#917

[MoonlightWave-12]

It works with the AppImage from PR #917.