Re: .desktop files of GNOME apps and path to these applications

> 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).