Re: Can *.desktop files be located in /usr/local/applications?

2012-07-01 Thread jupiter
Thanks Kevin and Damjan. Of cause, not default locations. If I understand correctly, the top - down desktop structure is from directory entries - menu / submenu - desktop entries. All I need do are: (a) Create an additional directory myapp.directory to contain a submenu myapp.menu. (b) Create a

Re: Can *.desktop files be located in /usr/local/applications?

2012-07-01 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
If you're looking at doing your own .directory and .menu files, rather just use a Portland project tool like xdg-desktop-menu if you can. The menu specification is very complex. On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:06 PM, jupiter jupiter@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Kevin and Damjan. Of cause, not default

Re: Can *.desktop files be located in /usr/local/applications?

2012-06-30 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Saturday, 2012-06-30, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:28 AM, jupiter jupiter@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for asking a simple quesiton, I am new to the freedesktop. I have read the latest spec, but still not clear if I can put application *.desktop to different locations

Can *.desktop files be located in /usr/local/applications?

2012-06-29 Thread jupiter
Sorry for asking a simple quesiton, I am new to the freedesktop. I have read the latest spec, but still not clear if I can put application *.desktop to different locations such as /usr/local/application1/application1.desktop, /usr/local/application2/application2.desktop, etc.. If it can, what I

Re: Can *.desktop files be located in /usr/local/applications?

2012-06-29 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:28 AM, jupiter jupiter@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for asking a simple quesiton, I am new to the freedesktop. I have read the latest spec, but still not clear if I can put application *.desktop to different locations such as