desktop-file-install or xdg-desktop-menu ?

[Rex Dieter]

Rodrigo Silva wrote:

> Recently, after using xdg-desktop-menu for years to install .desktop
> files, I noticed there is also a tool from Freedesktop called
> desktop-file-install.
> 
> Judging by their manual, they both seem to have very similar
> functionality.
> 
> So, why 2 tools from same vendor to cover basically the same funcionality?
> Which oene should I use, and why? Are there any difererences in
> compatibility or the way they perform their actions?

xdg-desktop-menu is more a user-level tool, and desktop-file-install is more 
a system-level tool.

If you have to choose 1 to use, go with desktop-file-install

-- rex