From 07091e8c03b7e9240ae6ec1f4dfe872e034d47b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Untz Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:44:23 +0000 Subject: desktop files of type Directory have a .directory extension right now (at 2007-04-28 Vincent Untz * 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 --- desktop-entry/ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++ desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'desktop-entry') diff --git a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog index 18e64dc..da220e1 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog +++ b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2007-04-28 Vincent Untz + + * 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 * desktop-entry-spec.xml:clarify a bit the text about keys that only 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 @@ Basic format of the file - These desktop entry files should have the extension - .desktop. Determining file type on basis of - extension makes determining the file type very easy and quick. + Desktop entry files should have the .desktop + extension, except for files of Type + Directory which should have the + .directory 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 .directory. + fall back to recognition via "magic detection". Desktop entry files are encoded as lines of 8-bit characters separated -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf