When selecting "Open Calendar" in the date menu, the configured
application is launched via command line, so we don't get any
startup notification. If Evolution is used as calendar application,
launch it via the .desktop file added by the last commit instead in
order to fix the issue.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677907
this.menu.close();
let calendarSettings = new Gio.Settings({ schema: 'org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.office.calendar' });
let tool = calendarSettings.get_string('exec');
- if (tool.length == 0 || tool == 'evolution') {
+ if (tool.length == 0 || tool.substr(0, 9) == 'evolution') {
// TODO: pass the selected day
- Util.spawn(['evolution', '-c', 'calendar']);
+ let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_app('evolution-calendar.desktop');
+ app.activate();
} else {
let needTerm = calendarSettings.get_boolean('needs-term');
if (needTerm) {