Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:37:24 -0400, Colin wrote: > > Currently can only find: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Desktop_files > > | Installed .desktop files MUST follow the desktop-entry-spec , paying > | particular attention to validating correct usage of Name, GenericName, > | Categories , StartupNotify entries. > Explanation for the StartupNotify entry usage in the desktop-entry-spec [1] that is linked in the guidelines. Also, there are important details in the Startup Notification Protocol Specification [2]. [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html [2] http://standards.freedesktop.org/startup-notification-spec/startup-notification-latest.txt FYI When the StartupNotify=true was specified in the desktop file of the NetBeans I've seen bugs in launching of the NetBeans' child processes (e.g FireFox [3]) due to the DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID environment variable. It was fixed in the NetBeans launcher by a patch [4] according to recommendations of the Startup Notification Protocol Specification. [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467546 [4] http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/netbeans/F-13/netbeans-6.8~40-ide-launcher.patch?view=markup Cheers, Victor -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel