rbrito/xpdf-poppler — Issue #13: .desktop entry needs %f appended to the Exec= line
Author: istakenv
Created: 2011-10-12 17:18:37+00:00
State: open

As per freedesktop Desktop Entry Specification, if an application takes file(s) or url(s) as a command-line argument, then Exec= should include one of %f/%F/%u/%U as appropriate.

http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables

GNOME, in particular, has issues if a .desktop file doesn't have one of these options on its Exec= line