From bacf8324b6ac3f911fa083d96e5baf17976a9d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Untz Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:50:59 +0000 Subject: clarify description for the TryExec key. 2007-04-28 Vincent Untz * desktop-entry-spec.xml: clarify description for the TryExec key. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2007-March/009556.html --- desktop-entry/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'desktop-entry') diff --git a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog index b38d940..4b632ce 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog +++ b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-04-28 Vincent Untz + + * desktop-entry-spec.xml: clarify description for the TryExec key. + http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2007-March/009556.html + 2007-04-28 Vincent Untz * desktop-entry-spec.xml: change "the $PATH" to "the $PATH environment diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml index 756419e..0dbb940 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml +++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml @@ -469,9 +469,11 @@ TryExec - File name of a binary on disk used to determine if the - program is actually installed. If not, entry may not - show in menus, etc. + Path to an executable file on disk used to determine if the program + is actually installed. If the path is not an absolute path, the file + is looked up in the $PATH environment variable. If the file is not + present or if it is not executable, the entry may be ignored (not be + used in menus, for example). string NO -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2