xdg-utils vs GNOME/XFCE (Fedora 8)

wwp subscript at free.fr
Wed Mar 19 21:24:46 UTC 2008


Hello Rex,


On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:43:30 -0500 Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:

> wwp wrote:
> 
> > Hello Rex,
> 
> >> OK, you're wrong.  :)  That's not how xdg-utils (mime support anyway),
> >> works, I'm afraid.
> >> 
> >> It operates on whichever desktop you're currently in (only), not on all
> >> desktops currently installed.
> > 
> > OK, good to know! Thanks for the tip. My assertion about MIME install
> > was wrongly deduced by the fact that xdg-desktop-icon and
> > xdg-desktop-menu does affect all (installed) desktops with one call
> > only.
> 
> Hmm... I'm going to go back and re-read the code.  
> Maybe it could be made to work without too much pain.

True, there's some inconsistency here if one tool works for current
desktop and the other for all, or something to document maybe. Anyway.

Are you involved in xdg-utils dev in some way, or packaging them for
fedora?


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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