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That's neat
Right clicking where exactly? If you mean the desktop, then I imagine you'll likely need a GNOME Shell or Nautilus extension
An application and programs that use shell as their application, for example, IntelliJ IDEA use 'idea.sh' to run the IDE, so it would be useful for people to right-click and just create the '.desktop' file right away.
Yes, but on what environment are you going going to right click in? The desktop? The file manager?
That's what I'm asking
File managers, because that's where the applications are. As for desktop, I will give the option for that one or more users who do that.
I see, then yes, as others have suggested the Nautilus extension is what you're looking for