See also: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut_(computing)

A shortcut file is different than a symlink in the sense that it just launches. There are many alternatives

• Create shortcut (Desktpo entries):
• (E.g: scripts using readlink, etc.) but file manager support would be cool.

Issues

• Dolphin: launch support
• Dex: link support
• xdg-open: link support