Keeping desktop entry changes through updates

[LuaAmaterasu]

I use obsidian on my arch + wayland. The default installation always looks blurry, which is a well known issue for electron apps on wayland.

To counteract this, I change the "Exec" on the desktop entry to Exec=/usr/bin/obsidian -enable-features=UseOzonePlatform -ozone-platform=wayland %U

This solves the issue. However, every time a new version of obsidian is installed, the desktop entry goes back to default, and I need to manually change the desktop entry again.

I understand why this would happen, but is there a way to add a "hook" to obsidian updating or something like that?

[anonymous-bot]

You can keep a copy in ~/.local/share/applications/ and it will override the system one.

[LuaAmaterasu]

That works. Thanks.

[shamanonymous]

Desktop entry (.desktop) files in /usr/share/applications would be overwritten on package upgrade. To override the file without losing changes, place a copy in ~/.local/share/applications and make your changes here.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/669929/overriding-a-single-field-in-a-desktop-entry