hello.
I would like to start kate from a desktop file using qt5 options :
-qwindowtitle title
-qwindowgeometry geometry ( or -geometry geometry )

The desktop file start a script '$USB_ROOT_DIR/00_MAKE_INSTALL/edit_make_install_edit.sh' that build a list of file to edit.

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[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=edit make install edit
Comment=edit make install edit
Exec=if [ -d /media/NEW_INSTALL_LINUX_USB ] ; then export USB_ROOT_DIR=/media/NEW_INSTALL_LINUX_USB ;  elif  [ -d /run/media/$(logname)/NEW_INSTALL_LINUX_USB ] ; then  export USB_ROOT_DIR=/run/media/$(logname)/NEW_INSTALL_LINUX_USB ;  else  kdialog --sorry "USB seems not to be mounted"  ;  fi  ;  $USB_ROOT_DIR/00_MAKE_INSTALL/edit_make_install_edit.sh
GenericName[en_US]=edit make install edit
GenericName=edit make install edit
Icon=author
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=edit make install edit
Name=edit make install edit
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=none
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=


Ounce the list is built, kate is started with the command :

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.....
......
.......
THE_LIST="$LIST_1A""$LIST_1B""$LIST_1C""$LIST_3""$LIST_4""$LIST_5""$LIST_6""$LIST_13""$LIST_14"

xdg-su -c "kate $THE_LIST"


I made a test with a direct command in the exec parameter, but unable to set the size of the window :

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[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=TEST GEOMETRY 4
Comment=TEST GEOMETRY 4
Exec=kate -geometry 1600x150+100+100 ~/test_001.sh
GenericName[en_US]=TEST GEOMETRY 4
GenericName=TEST GEOMETRY 4
Icon=system-run
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=TEST GEOMETRY 4
Name=TEST GEOMETRY 4
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=


But only the position is taken into account.
The size is the size of the previously open window.

Any help is welcome.

Hi!

No idea what you try to do, but kate has no option "-geometry", at least not in my installation. There is

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kate --qwindowgeometry 1600x150+100+100


which works as expected.

Next: running kate as root is error prone and not supported (as Qt does not support running GUI-stuff as root). Open the file as user and enter your password on saving. This requires the KatePart.policy available in PolicyKit or the usermode-workaround in RedHat-based distros.