[maemo-developers] Can .desktop files live under /home/user?

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
>> I'd like to create a couple of ".desktop" files describing applications
>> (so that I can add them to the simple launcher applet), but I'd really
>> rather they live under /home/user/<mumble> rather than /usr/share.
>>
>> Is there a directory under /home/user the system searches for
>> applications?
> 
> Ideally:
> 
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
>> $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific data files should be stored. If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.local/share should be used.
> 
> So try put it into "~/.local/share/applications/".
> 
> I say "ideally" only because I didn't try it out yet :-)

If the device doesn't properly implement the Linux desktop
standard, please file a bug.


	- Eero