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If you create a PWA on Linux all it does is drop a new ".desktop" file in `$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications`, which you can then inspect to see what flags it sets. I imagine it's mostly the same flags as used on other platforms.


Turns out it just calls Chromium and passes an app id:

    [Desktop Action Edit]
    Name=Edit
    Exec=/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=idjenohckefppahppaeclfgpbfkfppaf --app-launch-url-for-shortcuts-menu-item=https://www.hypertext.plus/editor/


Oh, wow. Thanks! I will totally look at that!! I was even trying to look for strings within the Mac binary, and browsing around the repo for the PWA creation code (which I didn't find). I'm super curious what's in the .desktop file. I'm definitely going to check that out this evening.




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