Shotcut-launcher

Problem #1:
Re-launching Shotcut will over-write any error logs saved from the last execution.

Problem #2:
Downloading new versions force you to edit panel shortcuts that you may have created.

Solution:
Shell wrapper: (read it, know it)

	#!/bin/bash
	#assumes new downloads of shotcut is always in ~/Downloads
	currpath=$(pwd)
	cd ~/Downloads
	chmod +x ./[Ss]hotcut-*.AppImage
	#always choose the latest Shotcut-*.AppImage download
	shotcut=$(ls -Art [Ss]hotcut-*.AppImage | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f 9-)
	cd "${currpath}"
	#QT fixes for Window-Size problem and Font/Menu Size problem
	export "QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0" #Disable auto scaling entirely
	export "QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=1;1;1;1" #Specify scale factor of 1 for all FOUR monitors
	export "QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1" #Set monitor-independent scale factor to 1
	#launch and log
	timestamp=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
	consolefile="/home/${USER}/.local/share/Meltytech/Shotcut/${timestamp}-shotcut-console.log"
	crashfile="/home/${USER}/.local/share/Meltytech/Shotcut/${timestamp}-shotcut-crash.log"
	echo "console log will be: ${consolefile}"
	echo "crash log will be: ${crashfile}"
	if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
	openfile=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${1}")")/$(basename "${1}")
	else
	openfile=""
	fi
	echo "${openfile}"
	~/Downloads/${shotcut} "${openfile}" 2>&1 | tee "${consolefile}" "${crashfile}"
	# protect privacy by replacing username
	sed -i "s/${USER}/USERNAME/g" "${consolefile}"
	if [ -f ${crashfile} ]; then
	sed -i "s/${USER}/USERNAME/g" "${crashfile}"
	fi

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