[desktop entry spec] new FullName key

Luca Ferretti elle.uca at libero.it
Sun Aug 2 13:37:07 PDT 2009


2009/8/2 Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org>:
> Is it really worth breaking so many
> applications by adding FullName and changing the meaning of Name?

Well, the meaning of Name, as per Desktop Entry Spec is

   Specific name of the application, for example "Mozilla".

while GenericName is

   Generic name of the application, for example "Web Browser".

The GNOME habit to use "Mozilla Web Browser" as Name was/is wrong, at
lease debatable.


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