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Re: .desktop file for emacs
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: .desktop file for emacs |
Date: |
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:38:44 -0800 |
Ulrich Mueller <address@hidden> writes:
> >>>>> On Fri, 07 Dec 2007, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>
> > I added an emacs.desktop file.
> > Reviewing for correctness would be greatly appreciated
>
> Checking the file with "desktop-file-validate" (available at
> <http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/>) results in
> the following output:
>
> $ desktop-file-validate emacs.desktop
> emacs.desktop: error: value "emacs_32.png" for key "Icon" in group
> "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there
> should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme
> Specification if the value is not an absolute path
> emacs.desktop: warning: value "Application;Development;TextEditor;"
> for key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a
> deprecated value "Application"
> emacs.desktop: warning: key "Encoding" in group "Desktop Entry" is
> deprecated
>
> Also, the argument given to the "Exec" command should probably be "%F"
> instead of "%f" since more than one filename argument is allowed.
> Patch for the above is attached.
Thanks, I installed those fixes.
> One could also change the tooltip to say "Emacs is the extensible,
> customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor" instead of
> "Edit text", but this is of course a matter of taste.
Agreed. I hope someone can come up with something better than "Edit
Text" and check that in.
> > as would figuring out how to install it correctly.
>
> Basically, the desktop entry should go to /usr/share/applications/ and
> the icon(s) either to /usr/share/pixmaps/emacs_32.png or (preferred)
> to $XDG_DATA_DIRS/icons/hicolor/{16x16,24x24,32x32,48x48}/emacs.png
> (where XDG_DATA_DIRS is most likely just /usr/share), as described in
> <http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/latest/ar01s03.html>.
Does this mean the icons are not installed in the correct directory
right now?
Given that you seem to understand this, do you want to provide a patch?
- .desktop file for emacs, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/12/04
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Ulrich Mueller, 2007/12/04
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- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Richard Stallman, 2007/12/05
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/12/07
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Ulrich Mueller, 2007/12/08
- Re: .desktop file for emacs,
Dan Nicolaescu <=
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Glenn Morris, 2007/12/08
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Jan Djärv, 2007/12/09
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/12/09
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/12/08
- Re: .desktop file for emacs, Richard Stallman, 2007/12/09