Description of problem: When using $HOME (or "~") words in .desktop entries ("Path=", "Exec=", "Icon=",.. etc), this sentence isn't recognised, although should be, according to freedesktop.org convenciens. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xfdesktop-4.8.3-1.fc16.i686 How reproducible: allways Additional info: Impossibility of use this standard variables do things tedious and unportable among users.
Would you be willing to file this upstream at bugzilla.xfce.org? Or would you like me to? Where do you see in the desktop spec that $HOME and/or ~ should be honored?
Kevin, You catch me now. I was filling this bug after I had to copy one .desktop file to multiple users, and there was path in "Exec=" item which was referenced to user's home directory - and I was forced manually fill home directory path for every user of that .desktop file. And I lightly, at first click, found example which use "$HOME" for these purposes in article "Anatomy of a .desktop File" at http://linuxcritic.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/anatomy-of-a-desktop-file/ Not a bit occurred to me thought it isn't possible do something of that kind. But (unspecified date and titled as "draft") specification at http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html nowhere mentioned construct as "~" or "$HOME". Thus this my bugreport maybe probably only my wish :). Sorry for noise.
Well, I can see it easily being a wishlist item. It would be handy. ;) Would you be willing to file this upstream at bugzilla.xfce.org ? Or would you prefer I do so?
I will be happy when You can do it. Because 0) I would have to register there and You are perhaps already, 1) mainly, my english is too bad for such serious thing, 3) Your name is known in Linux/Redhat world and request from You will have bigger strength. I can imagine two ways for this task - one, more general, is ability of use environment variables expansion ($HOME/$LANG/$whatever); other is use of now existing construct "%" + character where eg. %h will be substituted by user's homedir path... and (maybe) %e{$envvar} by environment variable value ;) Thanks for Your help, Kevin!
Filed upstream for comment: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8599
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