The spec doesn't explicitly support it but for directories it will work in KDE. I had a quick look at Nautilus 2.8 but that version doesn't seem to do anything at all with .directory files. Maybe someone else can check with a more recent version.
Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:xdg- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rémi >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:04 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: .desktop files with relative icons ? > >Hi, > >I have one question regarding the use if "Icon=" in the Desktop Entry >Specification : how to set relative filenames in the "Icon=" field in a >portable way ? >I have in mind the following scenario : authoring a read-only removable >file system (e.g. a CD ROM, or some network share) with directories having >predefined custom icons. In this case, I would like to have .desktop >entries with a "Icon=" pointing to a relative file name (e.g. >"Icon=./icons/my_icon.png"). >How can I do this in a portable way ? If I understand correctly, he current >spec (0.9.5) says that using Icon file names other than "absolute" is >implementation dependent. > > >Regards, > Rémi > > > >_______________________________________________ >xdg mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
