Desktop file format
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| + | [Desktop Entry] | ||
| + | Encoding=UTF-8 | ||
| + | Version=0.1 | ||
| + | Type=Application | ||
| + | Terminal=true | ||
| + | Name=topx | ||
| + | Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top | ||
| + | Icon= | ||
| + | #X-Window-Icon=timerwidget | ||
| + | X-Window-Icon= | ||
| + | X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true | ||
| + | X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable | ||
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| + | = Chinook = | ||
| + | Format of Maemo .desktop files | ||
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| + | Below are the fields supported in hildon-desktop: | ||
; Type | ; Type | ||
: Should be application | : Should be application | ||
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BTW: If your application needs the browser to do special URL handling, the desktop file needs to be extended [[URL_Handler|accordingly]]. | BTW: If your application needs the browser to do special URL handling, the desktop file needs to be extended [[URL_Handler|accordingly]]. | ||
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[[Category:Development]] | [[Category:Development]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Power users]] | ||
Revision as of 09:09, 13 December 2009
Fremantle
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.1 Type=Application Terminal=true Name=topx Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top Icon= #X-Window-Icon=timerwidget X-Window-Icon= X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
Chinook
Format of Maemo .desktop files
Below are the fields supported in hildon-desktop:
- Type
- Should be application
- Icon
- Name
- Categories
- not used on maemo, but used in Ubuntu mobile
- Comment
- now unused, was used as second line of text in the startup menu in Bora
- Exec
- NoDisplay
- set to true to hide the entry in the menu
- StartupNotify
- set to false to disable the startup notification banner
- StartupWMClass
- used to override the expected window class name, default to the binary name
Some Maemo-specific extensions:
- X-Text-Domain
- set the L10n domain from which the application name is translated (with dgettext)
- X-Osso-Service
- a DBus service name - if specified hildon desktop will try to call the top_application method on this service rather than execute what is listed in the Exec field).
(Credits to Johan Billen)
BTW: If your application needs the browser to do special URL handling, the desktop file needs to be extended accordingly.