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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Charset of .desktop files
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2002-03-29 11:02:01
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On Friday March 29, 2002 02:44, Rob Kaper wrote:
> Can I put non-ASCII symbols in a .desktop file? I'd like the GenericName
> for Atlantik to be "MonopolyŽ-like board games" but I'm not sure how if
> I can simply put in the symbol like this (see attached patch).

KDE desktop files are supposed to be UTF8, not ASCII.

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8

Slap an encoding line on.

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Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
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