Mercurial > vanilla
changeset 605:860ab66f5f71
vanilla: add documentation about .desktop files
author | David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr> |
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date | Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:10:00 +0200 |
parents | ec4819b1579a |
children | 25cecc6dca48 |
files | HOWTO.md |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/HOWTO.md Tue Jul 16 21:22:48 2019 +0200 +++ b/HOWTO.md Mon Jul 15 20:10:00 2019 +0200 @@ -355,3 +355,16 @@ rm -f $DESTDIR/lib/libfoo.la Assuming the package is "foo". + +# Desktop files + +We usually never add .desktop files for any package that doesn't provide one by +itself. This also includes terminal based applications. + +If a .desktop is provided by the package, make sure though that it is valid and +specifies the appropriate category (i.e. it does not appear in multiple menus at +once). + +See [desktop entry specification][] for more information. + +[desktop entry specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest