On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Igor Tarasov <tarasov.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > This might be a known issue, but anyway: Some windows applications > need that shortcut (launcher) have working directory set, and that > working directory sometimes different from where the .exe is located. > > In Linux, with gnome and kde it is not a big problem, since .desktop > launchers in these DE support Path attribute. But this becomes a > problem with systems that don't support this out of box. > > As good as I am aware, XFCE have this problem - it's launchers ignore > path attribute. Also, AFAIK, there are similar problems with mac > version. There might be problems in other desctop enviroments, but I > am not aware of these.
The Path attribute is definitely NOT optional. Its presence in a .desktop file is optional ("If a key is OPTIONAL it may or may not be present in the file" -- the spec), but a desktop must never ignore it if it is given. > Is there anything that could be done in this area? You should file a bug with XFCE and any other buggy desktops. Do our .desktop files even work on Mac? > > -- > Igor > > > Damjan