On Tuesday 11 January 2005 19:52, Dan Armak wrote: > On Tuesday 11 January 2005 11:58, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > > Some documentation on how packages integrate in a system. How does a > > package add an item in the KDE/GNOME/fluxbox/E/... menu? How does a > > window manager add it to the existing sessions (and where)? > > Installing .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions ought to be policy > for WMs. At least KDE, gnome, enlghtenment, xfce4 and ion now do this, > and probably others which I haven't checked (kde 3.3.x still doesn't > use files from there but we're fixing that; 3.4.0_beta1 already uses > it).
This is for session managers (like gdm/kdm) so that they know which windowmanagers/desktop environments are available. For applications in the kde/gnome menu another location is needed. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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