[Icon Theme Spec] Directory Layout

[Stephan Arts]

Thank you :-)

Cheers,
Stephan


On 6/17/07, Bastian, Waldo <waldo.bastian at intel.com> wrote:
> $XDG_DATA_DIRS/icons implies $XDG_DATA_HOME/icons
>
> See http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s04.html
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo
>
> Intel Corporation - Platform Software Engineering, UMG - Hillsboro,
> Oregon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xdg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:xdg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Stephan Arts
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 12:53 AM
> To: xdg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [Icon Theme Spec] Directory Layout
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sending this mail in response to this bug[0], regarding the
> lookup if themes and icons inside the home directory. The spec
> describes that apps need to search in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/icons, and
> $HOME/.icons (according to the spec: 'for backwards compatibility'),
> but not in $XDG_DATA_HOME/icons.
>
> If $HOME/.icons only exists for backwards-compatibility, then
> user-installed themes and icons should be located in $XDG_DATA_HOME,
> right?
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan
>
>
> [0] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447840
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