That looks like a different thing though. I guess that would be used for: if you right click on a file with a mime type that's supported by the .desktop file you can choose between those actions?
What I'm proposing is more: what programs should be available for setting as default for different actions. So we can make programs like gnome-default-applications-properties smarter. Having good terminology is one part of the problem... BR /Ernst Persson 2007/10/20, Christian Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Actions used to be part of the desktop entry spec, but I guess nobody really > made use of them and they were removed. I had a patch to add Action support > in GNOME at one point but they felt they would just make things more > complicated. I still think there's some benefit to including them if we can > find compelling use cases. > > http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/menus/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec.xml?r1=1.12&r2=1.13 > > Christian > > > On 10/20/07, Ernst Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I've got this idea that I've been thinking about for a long time. > > I'm a Gnome user and I'm very annoyed by the unfriendly/inflexible > > system provided by the gnome default applications and gnome volume > > manager settings panels. > > So I though I'd get it written down on the freedesktop wiki: > > > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec/ActionsIdea > > > > What do you think? > > > > BR > > /Ernst Persson > > _______________________________________________ > > xdg mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg > > > > > > -- > Christian Hammond - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > VMware, Inc. _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
