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Re: .desktop files of GNOME apps and path to these applications
by Roberto C. Sanchez-4
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On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 02:46:22PM +0200, Vincent Zweije wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:14:25PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> || The .desktop file distributed with the evince package
> || (/usr/share/applications/evince.desktop) contains:
> ||
> || Exec=evince %U
> ||
> || meaning that the user's $PATH is taken into account. In general,
> || taking $PATH into account is recommended, but IMHO, this should
> || not be the case here, because of the following points (related
> || to each other):
> ||
> || 1. This .desktop file is a file associated with /usr/bin/evince
> || (distributed in the same package...).
>
> NFS-mounted /home could be used on multiple computers, where the same
> (compatible) evince is installed at different locations.
>This is especially true in the case of an environment with multiple
Linux distros (or even with other operating systems, now that Solaris
ships with GNOME).
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:14:25PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> || The .desktop file distributed with the evince package
> || (/usr/share/applications/evince.desktop) contains:
> ||
> || Exec=evince %U
> ||
> || meaning that the user's $PATH is taken into account. In general,
> || taking $PATH into account is recommended, but IMHO, this should
> || not be the case here, because of the following points (related
> || to each other):
> ||
> || 1. This .desktop file is a file associated with /usr/bin/evince
> || (distributed in the same package...).
>
> NFS-mounted /home could be used on multiple computers, where the same
> (compatible) evince is installed at different locations.
>
ships with GNOME).
Regards,
-Roberto
--
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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