Le mercredi 18 octobre 2006, à 14:49, Dan Winship a écrit : > Here's what I propose: (Ignore the fact that it describes something > different from what KDE actually does; the important part is that they > get the same end result, which they do.) > > If the same desktop filename is located under multiple Autostart > Directories, the startup system must merge the files together as > follows: > > - The .desktop file in the least-important directory is used > as a base; if it does not contain all of the keys REQUIRED by > the Desktop Entry Specification, then the startup system's > behavior is not defined. > > - Each following desktop file with the same name is then > processed as follows, in order of increasing importance. > > - If the file is missing any of the keys that are REQUIRED > by the Desktop Entry Specification, then it is interpreted > as a "patch" relative to the previous desktop file, and > the values of its keys override the previous values of > those keys. Eg, a file containing only > > [Desktop Entry] > Hidden=true > > would keep all of the keys from the previously-specified > desktop file except for "Hidden", which would now be set > to "true". > > - If it is not missing any REQUIRED keys, then the startup > system MAY interpret it either as a patch or as a complete > replacement for the earlier .desktop file. (There is no > way for a portable application to know what behavior the > startup system will use in this case.) > > - If a file contains the string "[$i]" on a line by itself > before the "[Desktop Entry]" group, then its contents are > considered immutable, and the startup system will not merge > in the contents of any further directories.
Issue: XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/local/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg Let's suppose I have myapp.desktop in both directories. According to your current proposal, we should start by looking at the least important directory, ie /etc/xdg. Now let's suppose /etc/xdg/myapp.desktop is locked down with [$i]. It means /usr/local/etc/xdg/myapp.desktop should be ignored. However, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS states that /usr/local/etc/xdg should be preferred over /etc/xdg (and everybody would expect this, especially admins). I can think of non-trivial ways to fix this, but a trivial way would be better... Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
