On Thursday 01 February 2007, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:
local desktop_file=$(make_desktop_entry -v ...) || die
semi-unrelated, this die will never be called
by design, use of the local keyword overrides the exit status of the subshell
in the assignment ... you'd need to write it:
Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:30:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
about the only thing that'd work is an additional parameter called
cruft that'd be passed unfiltered into the .desktop file
You can also imagine a -v switch, which would make
On Thursday 01 February 2007, Jim Ramsay wrote:
Nice. I like this idea, and humbly request that someone implement it
in this way, or give me permission to do so.
that assumes format limitations ... an additional cruft argument would be more
likely to be merged
-mike
pgpGG8puWkLxF.pgp
Mike Frysinger wrote:
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 16:10, Jim Ramsay wrote:
In other words, I propose that this function should probably do
'basename' on $exec before using it for the .desktop filename.
no ... the point of using $exec is to make sure the .desktop file is unique
i'll
On Wednesday 31 January 2007, Jim Ramsay wrote:
Personally I'd rather just add one line to my ebuild as opposed to
creating and maintaining a .desktop file in the files directory. This
would just add a useful feature for those who want that level of
flexibility.
which is rarely needed/wanted
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:30:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
about the only thing that'd work is an additional parameter called
cruft that'd be passed unfiltered into the .desktop file
You can also imagine a -v switch, which would make this function print
the full path (with its
I have a few suggestions for the make_desktop_entry function in
eutils.eclass:
1 - Allow me to pass in a full application path. If you pass in the
full path to an executable as the first argument, it comes up with a
crazy filename like this:
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 16:10, Jim Ramsay wrote:
In other words, I propose that this function should probably do
'basename' on $exec before using it for the .desktop filename.
no ... the point of using $exec is to make sure the .desktop file is unique
i'll change it to sanitize the filename
