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--- file_kinds [2020/11/25 00:04] – [userContent.css] guide tag rjt
+++ file_kinds [2021/01/26 18:37] – [.desktop] pcmanm note/link rjt
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 ===== Description =====
-Was always intrigued by these files. Used for describing contents of archive sand folders.
+Was always intrigued by these files. Used for describing contents of archives and folders.
   * FILE_ID.DIZ [[wp>FILE_ID.DIZ]]
-  * .NFO [[wp>.nfo]]
+  * .NFO [[wp>.nfo]] (See also [[kodi#Metadata|Kodi's weird version]], which contains [[XML]])
   * README, READ.ME, README.* [[wp>README]]
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   * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Porting_a_Google_Chrome_extension
     * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Temporary_Installation_in_Firefox
+===== Linux =====
+==== .desktop ====
+Desktop files are used to organise programs in the window manager's applications menu and/or launcher (in my case [[Rofi]]). They're basically the [[Linux]] equivalent of [[microsoft_windows|Windows']] shortcuts.
+In [[pcmanfm]] you can use .desktop files to define [[pcmanfm#Custom Actions]].
+Software should provide one, but if you need t ocreate your own, or customise one you can put them in ''~/.local/share/applications''.
+I have an example one in my ''/Templates'' directory that looks like this:
+<code>
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=Template
+GenericName=Desktop template
+Comment=
+Path=/path/to/software/
+Exec=executable.x86
+Icon=/path/to/icon.ico
+Terminal=false
+MimeType=
+Categories=Game;Utility;
+</code>
+There some notes on making ones for stuff you run through [[Wine]] on its page.
+  * Categories from the [[Freedesktop]] spec:
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html|Main Categories]]
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas02.html|Additional Categories]]
+    * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas03.html|Reserved Categories]]
 ===== Programmy Stuffs =====