GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 354811
standardize screensaver .desktop format
Last modified: 2011-03-06 06:45:15 UTC
I hope that we can standardize the screensaver .desktop format so that all desktops can use the same screensavers. An example of the KDE format is: http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeartwork/kscreensaver/kdesavers/KSlideshow.desktop?rev=557568&view=auto An example of the GNOME format (before translation) is: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-screensaver/savers/footlogo-floaters.desktop.in.in?rev=1.3&view=markup I've tried to make design choices that would allow us to reach a consensus. So, hopefully, we aren't too far apart. There are a few differences: * KDE supports a setup action - seems to be supported by the spec. - seems like a sensible and clean way to do it - we should support it * KDE doesn't use Categories - values are documented here http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html - it occurs to me that there is some ambiguity in the spec regarding the value of Screensaver - it claims it should launch the screensaver but that doesn't really make sense to me * KDE uses separate actions for InWindow and Root - currently, we simply require themes to use the value of XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW - I'm not sure what value there is in separate actions.
Any progress here?
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