On Thursday 01 February 2007, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> Nice. I like this idea, and humbly request that someone implement it
> in this way, or give me permission to do so.
that assumes format limitations ... an additional cruft argument would be more
likely to be merged
-mike
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Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:30:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > about the only thing that'd work is an additional parameter called
> > "cruft" that'd be passed unfiltered into the .desktop file
>
> You can also imagine a "-v" switch, whic
On Thursday 01 February 2007, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote:
> local desktop_file=$(make_desktop_entry -v ...) || die
semi-unrelated, this die will never be called
by design, use of the local keyword overrides the exit status of the subshell
in the assignment ... you'd need to write it:
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:30:53 -0500, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> about the only thing that'd work is an additional parameter called
> "cruft" that'd be passed unfiltered into the .desktop file
You can also imagine a "-v" switch, which would make this function print
the full path (w
On Wednesday 31 January 2007, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> Personally I'd rather just add one line to my ebuild as opposed to
> creating and maintaining a .desktop file in the files directory. This
> would just add a useful feature for those who want that level of
> flexibility.
which is rarely needed/wan
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 16:10, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> > In other words, I propose that this function should probably do
> > 'basename' on $exec before using it for the .desktop filename.
>
> no ... the point of using $exec is to make sure the .desktop file is unique
>
> i'
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 16:10, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> In other words, I propose that this function should probably do
> 'basename' on $exec before using it for the .desktop filename.
no ... the point of using $exec is to make sure the .desktop file is unique
i'll change it to sanitize the filenam
I have a few suggestions for the make_desktop_entry function in
eutils.eclass:
1 - Allow me to pass in a full application path. If you pass in the
full path to an executable as the first argument, it comes up with a
crazy filename like this:
/var/tmp/portage/rox-base/mime-editor-0.5/temp//usr
