[Design Proposal] LibSqueeze configuration using .desktop files

[Benedikt Meurer]

Stephan Arts wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> The other day, Nick asked me if it could be possible to use
> .desktop-style files to configure libsqueeze. This way it should be
> possible to add .desktop files to provide support for more archivers.
> 
> This should reduce the libsqueeze binary size and improve flexibility.
> 
> Now, to come to the point:
> 
> Nick, Peter and myself have been working on an example document[0] and
> we would like to know what you think about it.

A .desktop must always have a section [Desktop Entry]. If you use a
different section name for the main entry, you should pick another
suffix. I'd suggest to use [Desktop Entry] with a Type of
X-Squeeze-Archiver (btw. the Version field in a .desktop is the version
of the spec required by the file, so 1.0; use X-Squeeze-Version if you
want to give archivers a version number),

> Stephan

HTH,
Benedikt