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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Should I install a .desktop file ?
From:       Martin Koller <m.koller () surfeu ! at>
Date:       2005-01-10 8:18:18
Message-ID: 200501100918.18410.m.koller () surfeu ! at
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On Monday 10 January 2005 00:23, David Faure wrote:
> Hidden=true means "completely deleted", like when the user deletes a K menu
> entry in kmenuedit, then a Hidden=true .desktop file is created in his
> ~/.kde to "hide" the global file. This is why it's called Hidden, but if
> this was stilll 1998, I would rename it Deleted.
>
> NoDisplay=true means "it exists, but it doesn't appear". In particular it
> exists in ksycoca, so code can run that .desktop file if it knows its name.

Thanks.

But what is then the .hidden directory used for ?
(e.g. /opt/kde3/share/applnk/.hidden)

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