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ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

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.desktop file, what is that?

Seeing packages around I see many put .desktop files in /usr/share/application, what is that?

Stalwart

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Re: .desktop file, what is that?

.desktop files is freedesktop standard shortcuts. GNOME, KDE, XFCE and some other software use them to provide you nice menu with apps installed

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ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

Posts: 947

Re: .desktop file, what is that?

I see, I sought via google, but I can't find anything... Where can I find .desktop file format information?

tardo

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Registered: 2006-07-15

Posts: 526

Re: .desktop file, what is that?

http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto … ec/latest/