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-rw-r--r--desktop-entry/ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
index 18e64dc..da220e1 100644
--- a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
+++ b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
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
+
+2007-04-28 Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>
+
* desktop-entry-spec.xml:clarify a bit the text about keys that only
makes sense in a specific context. Also, state that the keys should
not be used outside of this context. For example, the URL key should
diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
index 73006a9..c9e28f6 100644
--- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
+++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@
<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