Desktop Entry Standard Comments

[Richard Moore]

On Monday 09 June 2003 22:12, sysop at heinospage.de wrote:
> Jonathan Blandford <jrb at redhat.com> schrieb am 09.06.2003, 23:18:15:
> > Richard Moore  writes:
> > > On Monday 09 June 2003 20:28, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> > > > Heinrich Wendel  writes:
> > > > > Hi :)
> > > > >
> > > > > I read the now two years old Desktop Enty Standard and have some
> > > > > proposals to change. The first thing I noticed is that the latest
> > > > > sgml version is 0.9.3 but the HTML and PS Version are only 0.9.2
> > > > > this was a bit confusing, because I found some entries in the kde
> > > > > .desktop files, which weren't present in the specification.
> > > >
> > > > It'd be good to fix the KDE .desktop files if they're broken.  You
> > > > should probably file a bug with their bug-tracking system.
> > >
> > > Note that if the entries are things that start with X-KDE then they're
> > > intentional. Some older .desktop files may also contain addional keys
> > > for backwards compatibility.
> >
> > Right.  X-* is listed in the spec as a valid field.
>
> I think you got me wrong ;D
>
> This was confusing, because the html version isn't up to date:
> http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec.
>html is version 0.9.2, whereas
> http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec.
>sgml is version 0.9.3 and there you can find this entries.

Fair enough - I just wanted to make sure you didn't waste your time reporting 
any of the X-KDE entries. If you spot any other strangeness in our desktop 
files let us know.

Rich.