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| reading=[http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ the .desktop Free Desktop Spec];
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| == Desktop File ==
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| In order for your application to show up in menus and/or to be automatically associated with mime types in file browsers, you need to provide a .desktop file like follows:
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
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| [Desktop Entry]
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| Type=Application
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| Exec=your-app %u
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| MimeType=application/x-your-mime-type;
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| Icon=some-icon
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| X-DocPath=yourapp/index.html
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| Terminal=false
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| Name=Your App
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| GenericName=Some Generic Name
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| Comment=Short Description Of Your App
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| Categories=Qt;KDE;
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| Take a look at [http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ the .desktop Free Desktop Spec] to find our more about the key/value pairs above. It's important to pick a good set of Categories, see the spec for a list of valid values.
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 18 July 2023
