On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Igor Tarasov tarasov.igor@gmail.com wrote:
Hello.
This might be a known issue, but anyway: Some windows applications need that shortcut (launcher) have working directory set, and that working directory sometimes different from where the .exe is located.
In Linux, with gnome and kde it is not a big problem, since .desktop launchers in these DE support Path attribute. But this becomes a problem with systems that don't support this out of box.
As good as I am aware, XFCE have this problem - it's launchers ignore path attribute. Also, AFAIK, there are similar problems with mac version. There might be problems in other desctop enviroments, but I am not aware of these.
The Path attribute is definitely NOT optional. Its presence in a .desktop file is optional ("If a key is OPTIONAL it may or may not be present in the file" -- the spec), but a desktop must never ignore it if it is given.
Is there anything that could be done in this area?
You should file a bug with XFCE and any other buggy desktops.
Do our .desktop files even work on Mac?
-- Igor
Damjan