Support for localized Exec entries, please

[Ronny Standtke]

Hi
> The main argument against localized exec is that it doesn't really 
> make sense.
Well, I think I have already shown a valid use case...

Our main user group are Swiss students. Switzerland has four official 
languages. The problem is even not limited to the Exec and URL keys! 
Yesterday we even run into the problem that some content is only 
available in certain languages and when a student logs into the system 
we do not want to clutter the startup menu with entries that are not 
available in the student's language. Therefore we used the line
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NoDisplay[it]=false
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to *not* display an entry that made no sense for our Italian speaking 
users. It works absolutely great in KDE! Congratulations and many thanks 
to the KDE devs for not following the specs and providing such a useful 
and flexible desktop environment! :-)

But I still think it is unfortunate that we only have this great 
flexibility in KDE and not in GNOME. Therefore I propose to update the 
spec so that the keys NoDisplay, Exec and URL can be localized.

> Can't you use $LANG directly in the exec line anyway?
I just tested it and, unfortunately, no, it doesn't work because "$LANG" 
in the exec line is not substituted. At least not in GNOME where 
"Exec[$e]=..." actually *breaks* the desktop entry so that it does not 
show up any more.

Best regards

Ronny Standtke