At 17.00 13/07/99 +0200, you wrote:
>pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
>> 
>> The whole kpanel menu discussion has brought into my mind 
>> another point that has been nagging me.  This is the 
>> .directory file issue.
>
>I think we can do without this .directory file. We would
>need some extensions to the .desktop files though:
>
>* A flag to indicate that this entry is actually deleted.
>* A field to link it to another .desktop file. Entries
>not defined in the file should be looked up in this other
>.desktop file. (Original)
>* A flag to indicate that this entry shouldn't be modified.
>* A flag to indicate that the user is interested in a notification
>when the 'Original' desktop file changes.

In the meanwhile, I'm writing a class KDesktopFile (subclass of KSimpleConfig)
that helps .desktop files management (including the test to see if a file
is a desktop file).

-- Pietro