If implementations other than KDE have implement/intent to implement this as well it can be added to the Desktop Entry Spec, yes.
Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:xdg- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rémi >Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 2:22 PM >To: xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >Subject: Re: .desktop files with relative icons ? > > >Thanks for your answer. >It seems to work for KDE indeed. >Shouldn't this behaviour (relative filenames in the "Icon=" field) be >described in the Desktop Entry Specification ? e.g. for the kind of usage I >was describing previously. > >Best regards, > Rémi > > >On Wednesday 23 August 2006 00:55, Bastian, Waldo wrote: >> The spec doesn't explicitly support it but for directories it will work >in >> KDE. I had a quick look at Nautilus 2.8 but that version doesn't seem to >do >> anything at all with .directory files. Maybe someone else can check with >a >> more recent version. >> >> Waldo Bastian >> Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology >> Channel Platform Solutions Group >> Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource >> OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:xdg- >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rémi >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:04 AM >> >To: xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >> >Subject: .desktop files with relative icons ? >> > >> >Hi, >> > >> >I have one question regarding the use if "Icon=" in the Desktop Entry >> >Specification : how to set relative filenames in the "Icon=" field in a >> >portable way ? >> >I have in mind the following scenario : authoring a read-only removable >> >file system (e.g. a CD ROM, or some network share) with directories >having >> >predefined custom icons. In this case, I would like to have .desktop >> >entries with a "Icon=" pointing to a relative file name (e.g. >> >"Icon=./icons/my_icon.png"). >> >How can I do this in a portable way ? If I understand correctly, he >> > current spec (0.9.5) says that using Icon file names other than >> > "absolute" is implementation dependent. >> > >> > >> >Regards, >> > Rémi >> > >_______________________________________________ >xdg mailing list >xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg