On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Tom wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0100, Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote: > > freedesktop entry features > debian menu file features > > > > Therefore you can do a lossless transition from .desktop to menu, but not > > the other way around. It makes sense to use the .desktop standard. > > I know what you mean, but don't you mean "lossless transition from menu > to .desktop" ? .desktop is the one that has more features, so a > transition from .desktop to menu would lose. > > It's trivial but I might not understand the issues if its the opposite.
It is a metter of perspective. A transition from .desktop to menu only loses if the subsystems using the menu entries are capable of using the lost data. HTH - Bruce
