.desktop files

BuraphaLinux Server buraphalinuxserver at gmail.com
Thu May 10 12:04:58 CEST 2007


My reading of this page:

http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.0.html

Leads me to believe %f would be replaced by a single file name if you were
using the file manager and did an "open with other application" and chose
the icon for app.

BLS

On 5/10/07, Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org> wrote:
> Am Thu, 10 May 2007 16:42:34 +0700
> schrieb "BuraphaLinux Server" <buraphalinuxserver at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am attempting to add some /usr/share/applications/whatever.desktop
> > files to get more applications added to menus.  I have a problem with
> > Exec lines that have arguments like this:
> >
> > Exec=app -arg1 -arg2 %f
>
> Which file would you expect the menu to replace the %f with?
>
>   - Jannis
>



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