All, thanks much for helps. Summarize:
> #1. Language specific launcher options. > I'ld like to switch the command options by languages. You shouldn't be opening hardcoded paths in .desktop files anyway; if you need to open different files depending on $LANG, you should write a small helper application to figure things out for you. each application needs to handle $LANG and $LANGUAGE. > #2. .desktop could be shown on a locale only. > I'ld like to show a locale specific application on the locale only in > gnome-panel menus. Just plug in your startup scripts a modification to XDG_DATA_DIRS and move the offending .desktop into a directory which will be used only when using specific locale. Or you can add a .menu file which will hide .desktop and make sure this file is merged only when locale is set (by modifying XDG_CONFIG_DIRS at login time). > #3. Filename encoding. > I'ld like to keep Encoding=UTF-8 but the actual filepath could be several > encodings. the full path is always saved as UTF-8 in .desktop even though the acual file path has the different encodings. > 2. Can I assume the $XDG_DATA_DIRS have the fall back logic? e.g. if > foo1.desktop is found in both /usr/share/applications and > /usr/share/translations, /usr/share/translations/applications/foo1.desktop > only is choosed. if foo2.desktop is found in /usr/share/applications but not > /usr/share/translations, /usr/share/applications/foo2.desktop is choosed. > I'm also finding the way to separate the l10n packages for .desktop. OK, Base Directory Spec shows the implementation has the fall back logic: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html > The order of base directories denotes their importance; the first directory > listed is the most important. When the same information is defined in > multiple places the information defined relative to the more important base > directory takes precedent. The base directory defined by $XDG_DATA_HOME is > considered more important than any of the base directories defined by > $XDG_DATA_DIRS. The base directory defined by $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is considered more important than any of the base directories defined by $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS. I assume the .desktop files have the same information if C Name and Type fields have the same values and the translation fall back works. If not, please correct me. Thanks, fujiwara _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
