On 7/9/07, Luca Ferretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some GNOME modules didn't switched to xdg-user-dirs and they are using a
> raw "$HOME/Desktop" as path to desktop dir. This will make them fails
> when the user switched to new approach.
>
> Examples:
>   http://bugs.gnome.org/453115 - bug-buddy
>   http://bugs.gnome.org/455204 - gnome-screenshot
>
> Both program testy to preset $HOME/Desktop as directory to save shots or
> bug report details; if you switched to xdg-user-dirs and you no longer
> have $HOME/Desktop (i.e. you are not using English as your language),
> the GtkFileChooserButton shows an error message related to missing
> directory.
>
> Are bug-buddy and gnome-screenshot the only modules that needs to be
> updated? Could someone review proposed patches?

Just to point out the obvious: The best way of supporting xdg-user-dirs
in gnome apps is to simply use g_get_user_special_dir() that is being
introduced in GLib 2.14.
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