.desktop files with relative icons ?

[Bastian, Waldo]

If implementations other than KDE have implement/intent to implement this as well it can be added to the Desktop Entry Spec, yes.

Waldo Bastian
Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology
Channel Platform Solutions Group
Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource
OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xdg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:xdg-
>bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Rémi
>Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 2:22 PM
>To: xdg at lists.freedesktop.org
>Subject: Re: .desktop files with relative icons ?
>
>
>Thanks for your answer.
>It seems to work for KDE indeed.
>Shouldn't this behaviour (relative filenames in the "Icon=" field) be
>described in the Desktop Entry Specification ? e.g. for the kind of usage I
>was describing previously.
>
>Best regards,
>	Rémi
>
>
>On Wednesday 23 August 2006 00:55, Bastian, Waldo wrote:
>> The spec doesn't explicitly support it but for directories it will work
>in
>> KDE. I had a quick look at Nautilus 2.8 but that version doesn't seem to
>do
>> anything at all with .directory files. Maybe someone else can check with
>a
>> more recent version.
>>
>> Waldo Bastian
>> Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology
>> Channel Platform Solutions Group
>> Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource
>> OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: xdg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:xdg-
>> >bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Rémi
>> >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:04 AM
>> >To: xdg at lists.freedesktop.org
>> >Subject: .desktop files with relative icons ?
>> >
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I have one question regarding the use if "Icon=" in the Desktop Entry
>> >Specification : how to set relative filenames in the "Icon=" field in a
>> >portable way ?
>> >I have in mind the following scenario : authoring a read-only removable
>> >file system (e.g. a CD ROM, or some network share) with directories
>having
>> >predefined custom icons. In this case, I would like to have .desktop
>> >entries with a "Icon=" pointing to a relative file name (e.g.
>> >"Icon=./icons/my_icon.png").
>> >How can I do this in a portable way ? If I understand correctly, he
>> > current spec (0.9.5) says that using Icon file names other than
>> > "absolute" is implementation dependent.
>> >
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >    Rémi
>> >
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