Bug#1149390: twinkle: Twinkle Desktop Entry Should Use --show Option

Patrik Dufresne patrik at ikus-soft.com
Tue Sep 29 20:13:40 BST 2026


Package: twinkle
Version: 1:1.10.3+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: patrik at ikus-soft.com

Dear Maintainer,

Plz consider adding "--show" to the application desktop entry.

The current desktop entry launches Twinkle without the `--show` argument. This
causes inconsistent behavior when starting the application from a launcher or
dock. Without it, if Twinkle is already running and minimized/hidden to the
system tray, invoking the desktop entry again does not bring the existing
window back into focus. Instead an error message is displayed.

By changing the Exec line to call Twinkle with `--show`, both cases are handled
correctly:

1. If Twinkle is not running, `--show` starts it with the main window visible.
2. If Twinkle is already running (whether visible or hidden), `--show` will
raise/display the existing window.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 7.2.6-isp4 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages twinkle depends on:
ii  libasound2t64        1.2.14-1+deb13u1
ii  libc6                2.41-12+deb13u4
ii  libccrtp2t64         2.0.9-4.1+b1
ii  libgcc-s1            14.2.0-19
ii  libgsm1              1.0.22-1+b2
ii  libmagic1t64         1:5.47-4~ffwd13+u1
ii  libqt5core5t64       5.15.15+dfsg-6+deb13u1
ii  libqt5gui5t64        5.15.15+dfsg-6+deb13u1
ii  libqt5qml5           5.15.15+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5quick5         5.15.15+dfsg-3
ii  libqt5widgets5t64    5.15.15+dfsg-6+deb13u1
ii  libreadline8t64      8.2-6
ii  libsndfile1          1.2.2-2+deb13u1
ii  libspeex1            1.2.1-3
ii  libspeexdsp1         1.2.1-3
ii  libstdc++6           14.2.0-19
ii  libucommon8t64       7.0.1-0.4+b1
ii  libxml2              2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u3
ii  qml-module-qtquick2  5.15.15+dfsg-3
ii  twinkle-common       1:1.10.3+dfsg-1

twinkle recommends no packages.

twinkle suggests no packages.

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