With xfce4-terminal (on Manjaro): Running chromium "$(xclip -o)" will open the Chromium web browser and visit the content of the clipboard (which is assumed to be a single URL).
I want a desktop launcher to do exactly this. Creating a new launcher (right click on the desktop > create launcher) with the above command in the command field won't work: Chromium is opened, but the address bar says %24%28xclip%20-o%29.
What is happening? The tiny bit of bash knowledge I have tells me that I need to escape some characters -- which ones? I tried different things like chromium \"$(xclip -o)\" and chromium "\$\(xclip -o\)", which produce similar outcomes, but I can't figure it out.
I found this specification of launcher items, but I seemingly fail to understand it well enough to apply it to my problem. Or am I completely on the wrong track?
Another application would be this: xfce4-screenshooter -f -s "$(date +screenshot_%Y-%m-%d_%T.png)" takes a screenshot and names the resulting file with a time stamp. It works being directly run in the terminal, but not when configured as an application shortcut in the keyboard settings. Analogously, the file is named $(date +screenshot_%Y-%d_%m-%T.png).
Try:
bash -c "chromium $(xclip -o)"
in your command field. That worked for me at least. (Also using Manjaro XFCE)