.desktop files per user

[Mike Massonnet]

Le Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:10:30 +0000,
dave at unrealize.co.uk a écrit :

> 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.

No problem, but err I meant the base-dir freedesktop spec I always name
it wrong.

Mike