XDG menu display based on group or user

[jupiter]

Hi  Thomas,

On 3/25/13, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
> On 25 March 2013 10:54, jupiter <jupiter.hce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, the only problem I can think of is that we
>> cannot use environmental variables such as $HOME or $XDG_DATA_HOME or
>> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME in the Desktop Entry. How can I specify Exec or Path
>> for each user? Is the hard coded path the only way to specify such as
>> /home/user1/.... /home/user2 .....?
>>
>
> If there's a folder of applications, like /home/user1/bin/ , you could add
> it to $PATH, then just specify the executable name in the desktop entry.

That works.

> You could also try using ~ for the user's home directory, but I don't know
> off the top of my head if desktop implementations expand that.

That does not work.

I guess add all application binaries to a bin directory in $PATH can
resolve the issue. Also find that NoDisplay=true can disable the
desktop entry.

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

j


> Thomas
>