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authorlanius <lanius>2003-08-03 14:06:45 +0000
committerlanius <lanius>2003-08-03 14:06:45 +0000
commit7f2c3443647b8f5a7d17c5b53b157d33794e9c6c (patch)
tree85bad25bece58c1ef097a4b4fd0d6364e55e0c2d
parentb22699bb749db1f5f433d8d5d175ff2eaced744f (diff)
downloadxdg-specs-7f2c3443647b8f5a7d17c5b53b157d33794e9c6c.tar.xz
added exec parms patch
-rw-r--r--desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
index 4bbbcb3..f6a8068 100644
--- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
+++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ Name=Value</programlisting>
<para>
Literal % characters must be escaped as %%, and adding new
format characters is not allowed. It's a fatal error to have an
- Exec field with a format character not given in the spec.
+ Exec field with a format character not given in the spec (exception
+ to this are the deprecated format characters which can be ignored,
+ that is expanded to no parameters, by the implementation).
Again for emphasis: <emphasis>nonstandard extensions are
not allowed here - you must add an X-Foo-Exec field if you have
nonstandard Exec lines</emphasis>.
@@ -711,19 +713,19 @@ Name=Value</programlisting>
<row>
<entry>%i</entry>
<entry>
- the icon associated with the desktop entry
+ the Icon field of the desktop entry expanded as two parameters, first "--icon" and then the contents of the Icon field (should not expand as any prameters if the Icon field is empty or missing)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%c</entry>
<entry>
- the comment associated with the desktop entry
+ the translated Name field associated with the desktop entry
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>%k</entry>
<entry>
- the name of the desktop file
+ the location of the desktop file as either a uri (if for example gotten from the vfolder system) or a local filename or empty if no location is known
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -896,7 +898,7 @@ Icon=fooview-edit.png</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Deprecated ExecParameters: %m (the mini-icon associated with the desktop entry)
+ Deprecated ExecParameters: %m (the mini-icon associated with the desktop entry, this should be expanded as two parameters, "--miniicon" and the content of the Icon field, it can also be ignored by expanding it to no parameters)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>