This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh said: > <quote who="Nikita V. Youshchenko"> > > > AFAIK, KDE seems not to use this directory, it uses /usr/share/applnk > > instead. > > Only old KDE, which is not freedesktop-compliant.
Hrrm.
steve:~$ ls /usr/share/applications/
blackjack.desktop gfloppy.desktop
gnome-system-log.desktop mplayer.desktop
bug-buddy.desktop glines.desktop
gnome-system-monitor.desktop nautilus.desktop
eog.desktop gnect.desktop
gnome-terminal.desktop network-scheme.desktop
Ethereal.desktop gnibbles.desktop gnometris.desktop
realplayer.desktop
file-roller.desktop gnobots2.desktop
gnome-volume-control.desktop reclevel.desktop
freecell.desktop gnome-calculator.desktop gnomine.desktop
same-gnome.desktop
galeon.desktop gnomecc.desktop gnotravex.desktop
screensaver-properties.desktop
gataxx.desktop gnome-cd.desktop gnotski.desktop
sol.desktop
gconf-editor.desktop gnome-character-map.desktop grip.desktop
vumeter.desktop
gdmflexiserver.desktop gnome-dictionary.desktop gtali.desktop
yelp.desktop
gdmflexiserver-xnest.desktop gnome-search-tool.desktop iagno.desktop
gdmsetup.desktop gnome-sound-recorder.desktop mahjongg.desktop
gedit.desktop gnome-stones.desktop
mozilla-firebird.desktop
steve:~$ ls /usr/share/applnk/
Applications Edutainment Help.desktop KControl.desktop Multimedia
Settings Toys
Development Games Home.desktop Kfind.desktop Office
Settingsmenu Utilities
Editors Graphics Internet konqueror.desktop OpenOffice.org1.1
System
steve:~$ dpkg -l kdebase
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
ii kdebase 3.1.3-1 KDE Base metapackage
> > Does it mean that KDE and GNOME are not consistent in .desktop file
> > placement?
>
> Now that they both use freedesktop standards, they are consistent and
> compatible.
It seems not, actually.
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