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authorVincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>2007-04-28 13:44:23 +0000
committerVincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>2007-04-28 13:44:23 +0000
commit07091e8c03b7e9240ae6ec1f4dfe872e034d47b7 (patch)
treeb4a2e949f0bdb29b9800b269dd21272ba3b5444e /desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
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downloadxdg-specs-07091e8c03b7e9240ae6ec1f4dfe872e034d47b7.tar.xz
desktop files of type Directory have a .directory extension right now (at
2007-04-28 Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org> * desktop-entry-spec.xml: desktop files of type Directory have a .directory extension right now (at least in GNOME), but according to the spec, this is wrong. The patch fixes this. Also, it removes a small part of text explaining the name of a desktop file describing a directory. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2007-March/009437.html
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<sect1 id="basic-format">
<title>Basic format of the file</title>
<para>
- These desktop entry files should have the extension
- <filename>.desktop</filename>. Determining file type on basis of
- extension makes determining the file type very easy and quick.
+ Desktop entry files should have the <filename>.desktop</filename>
+ extension, except for files of <varname>Type</varname>
+ <constant>Directory</constant> which should have the
+ <filename>.directory</filename> extension. Determining file type on basis
+ of extension makes determining the file type very easy and quick.
When no file extension is present, the desktop system should
- fall back to recognition via "magic detection". Desktop entries
- which describe how a directory is to be formatted/displayed
- should be simply called <filename>.directory</filename>.
+ fall back to recognition via "magic detection".
</para>
<para>
Desktop entry files are encoded as lines of 8-bit characters separated