.desktop files per user

[dave at unrealize.co.uk]

On (07:14 14/03/09), Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet at xfce.org> put forth the proposition:
>Le Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:00:43 +0000,
>dave at unrealize.co.uk a écrit :
>
>> Just wondering if there is a directory to put .desktop files into on a
>> user basis rather than having them in /usr/share/applications?
>> 
>> Some sort of ~/.config/applications or whatever?
>> 
>> If not, can I suggest this as a way forward?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Dave
>> 
>
>Checkout the XDG freedesktop spec. The applications are looked up
>inside the XDG_DATA_DIRS + XDG_DATA_HOME. XDG_DATA_HOME defaults to
>$HOME/.local/share/. Put your own desktop entry files inside
>~/.local/share/applications.

That's good info. Thanks.

>
>Mike
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