On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 00:05 +1000, David Timms wrote: > On 09/30/2009 11:40 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > >> Is there someway to indicate to the desktop program that the menu > >> entry shouldn't be shown ? > > > > add to the .desktop file, the key: > > NoDisplay=true > Thanks Rex, > > Any opinions on the other items - like running desktop file install > (which fails): > + mkdir -p > /home/davidt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/tnef-1.4.6-3.fc11.i386//usr/share/mimelnk/application/ > + desktop-file-install > --dir=/home/davidt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/tnef-1.4.6-3.fc11.i386/usr/share/mimelnk/applications > /home/davidt/rpmbuild/SOURCES/vnd.ms-tnef.desktop > /home/davidt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/tnef-1.4.6-3.fc11.i386/usr/share/mimelnk/applications/vnd.ms-tnef.desktop: > error: key "MimeType" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type > is "MimeType" while this key is only valid for type "Application" > /home/davidt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/tnef-1.4.6-3.fc11.i386/usr/share/mimelnk/applications/vnd.ms-tnef.desktop: > error: key "Exec" is present in group "Desktop Entry", but the type is > "MimeType" while this key is only valid for type "Application" > Error on file "/home/davidt/rpmbuild/SOURCES/vnd.ms-tnef.desktop": > Failed to validate the created desktop file > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.s0UHb2 (%install) > > Am I doing it all wrong, or is the validator not versed in this type of > .desktop file ? > Your desktop file is not valid. If it is for an application, it needs to have Type=Application -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging