Probably I also agree with you, the full path is always saved as UTF-8 in .desktop even though the acual file path has the different encodings. Several applications, e.g. firefox, gedit, expects the simple encoding in auto detections.
Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le Mer 10 octobre 2007 10:34, Takao Fujiwara - Tokyo S/W Center a écrit : > >>Probably this is a seeked discussion by me. Sould we always put UTF-8 >>full path or can we put the raw encoded full path without any >>warranties in Desktop Entry specification? > > > Current spec is UTF-8 > > My personal opinion is raw encoded full path buys you nothing, > complexifies .desktops and only moves the problem another level (now > you've allowed paths you can't decode in .desktops, how do you handle > nautilus file browsing? What happens when the user changes filesystem > backend? etc) > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
