Bug 78348 - Kappfinder does not save .desktop files according to XDG spec
Summary: Kappfinder does not save .desktop files according to XDG spec
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kappfinder
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel
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Reported: 2004-03-24 03:42 UTC by kdozer
Modified: 2018-09-02 22:40 UTC (History)
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Description kdozer 2004-03-24 03:42:34 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.0)
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages
OS:          Linux

Applcations found using kappfinder are saved as .desktop files to

$KDEHOME/share/applnk/SubMenu/appname.desktop

The new XDG spec which is used by the rest of KDE (including kmenuedit) saves such files to 

$XDGDATA-APPS/kde-appname.desktop
(where XDGDATA-APPS==$HOME/.local/applications)

and updates the file

$XDGCONF-MENU/applications-kmenuedit.menu
(where XDGCONF-MENU==$HOME/.config/menus)

kappfinder should do something similar. The inconsistency resulted in me noticing Bug #53476 where kmenuedit didn't update desktop files created by kappfinder correctly.

thanks!

John.
Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2004-12-01 10:17:25 UTC 
kappfinder has to be rewritten or dropped with KDE 4 anyway when this backward compatibility is dropped.
Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-02 22:40:13 UTC 
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug.