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| -rw-r--r-- | desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml | 33 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml index f760000..1f02d95 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml +++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml @@ -469,13 +469,32 @@ <row> <entry id="key-onlyshowin"><varname>OnlyShowIn</varname>, <varname>NotShowIn</varname></entry> <entry> - A list of strings identifying the environments that should - display/not display a given desktop entry. Only one of - these keys, either <varname>OnlyShowIn</varname> or - <varname>NotShowIn</varname>, may appear in a group (for - possible values see the <ulink - url="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec">Desktop - Menu Specification</ulink>). + <para> + A list of strings identifying the desktop environments that + should display/not display a given desktop entry. + </para> + + <para> + By default, a desktop file should be shown, unless an OnlyShowIn + key is present, in which case, the default is for the file not to + be shown. + </para> + + <para> + If <envar>$XDG_CURRENT_DIRECTORY</envar> is set then it contains a + colon-separated list of strings. In order, each string is + considered. If a matching entry is found in + <varname>OnlyShowIn</varname> then the desktop file is shown. + If an entry is found in <varname>NotShowIn</varname> then the + desktop file is not shown. If none of the strings match then + the default action is taken (as above). + </para> + + <para> + The same desktop name may not appear in both + <varname>OnlyShowIn</varname> and <varname>NotShowIn</varname> of + a group. + </para> </entry> <entry>string(s)</entry> <entry>NO</entry> |