From 3a7f2d28c39385bee30a19c3a681060951c71d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Leifer-Ives <40322629+dleiferives@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:48:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add tip for absolute Exec path in documentation

Added a tip about replacing the Exec path with an absolute one in the running-on-gnome documentation.

Sometime in the last 2 years seems like absolute path is required.
---
 src/running-on-gnome.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/running-on-gnome.rst b/src/running-on-gnome.rst
index 89c3aec..21d822f 100644
--- a/src/running-on-gnome.rst
+++ b/src/running-on-gnome.rst
@@ -58,3 +58,16 @@ Then you can create two desktop files for these scripts to show up among your ap
   Version=1.0
   Icon=activitywatch
   Categories=Utility;
+
+.. tip::
+  You will most likely have to replace the :code:`Exec` relative path with an absolute one. 
+  That is:
+
+  :code:`Exec="~/.local/opt/activitywatch/kill.sh"`
+
+  Replaced with
+
+  :code:`Exec="/home/<your-username>/.local/opt/activitywatch/kill.sh"`
+
+  With `<your-username>` replaced with your username.
+  

From d47051a35e1b91240eb4dc4d0157007c36be5f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Leifer-Ives <40322629+dleiferives@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:56:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update src/running-on-gnome.rst

Co-authored-by: ellipsis-dev[bot] <65095814+ellipsis-dev[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/running-on-gnome.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/running-on-gnome.rst b/src/running-on-gnome.rst
index 21d822f..d7175a0 100644
--- a/src/running-on-gnome.rst
+++ b/src/running-on-gnome.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Then you can create two desktop files for these scripts to show up among your ap
   Categories=Utility;
 
 .. tip::
-  You will most likely have to replace the :code:`Exec` relative path with an absolute one. 
+  You will most likely have to replace the :code:`Exec` path using the `~` shorthand with a full absolute path, as `~` is not expanded in desktop files.
   That is:
 
   :code:`Exec="~/.local/opt/activitywatch/kill.sh"`