> On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:37:22 +0200 > Uwe Brauer <oub@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In other words, in whatever Ubuntu's default desktop is these days, starting > the program places an icon in the system tray which provides right-click > or drag-and-drop functionality that goes beyond starting the program, and > which you find useful. Right. > I checked the developer's website ( mathpix.com ). The application appears > to be closed-source. Snap ( snapcraft.io ) is a distro-hostile "universal" installer > program that I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, and the developer's site does > not offer the Linux version for download in any other format. Furthermore, the > file it does offer is labeled as being for Ubuntu, which with people like these > who probably don't know much about Linux means they only tested it on one > version of the distro, and with all-default settings. They will not have tested TDE. > They will probably not even have heard of TDE. I contacted them and yes this is my impression too. > My guess would be that this thing is calling something that's specific to the default > Ubuntu desktop rather than following the XDG specification for system tray icons > (yes, it seems there is one). At this point, I'd install a third desktop environment > (possibly XFCE or Lumina) and see if it works as expected there. If it doesn't, > complain to mathpix.com that their application doesn't follow standards and hasn't > been properly tested. If it does, well, we've at least narrowed the problem down > to "what do these DEs do that TDE doesn't?" Good, idea. I installed XFCE and the same problems occur there. So it seems that mathpix did something very specific for Ubuntu.
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