[gentoo-dev] make_desktop_entry in eutils.eclass

[Jim Ramsay]

I have a few suggestions for the make_desktop_entry function in
eutils.eclass:

1 - Allow me to pass in a full application path.  If you pass in the
full path to an executable as the first argument, it comes up with a
crazy filename like this:

  /var/tmp/portage/rox-base/mime-editor-0.5/temp//usr/lib/rox/MIME-Editor/AppRun-mime-editor.desktop

When a more appropriate name would be:

  /var/tmp/portage/rox-base/mime-editor-0.5/temp/AppRun-mime-editor.desktop

In other words, I propose that this function should probably do
'basename' on $exec before using it for the .desktop filename.

2 - Allow me to explicitly set the name of the .desktop file.  This
would perhaps solve #1 above as well.

I propose an optional environment variable an ebuild can set before
calling make_desktop_entry, called "DESKTOP_BASENAME", which would be
the basename of the file (not including the .desktop suffix) that the
function would use (if set) to create the file.

3 - Allow me to add other important settings like 'NoDisplay',
'OnlyShowIn', and/or 'MimeType'.

I propose an optional environment variable 'DESKTOP_EXTRAS' that the
ebuild could set before calling make_desktop_entry.  This would be an
actual verbatim (newline-delimited) copy of the extra lines to be added
to the desktop file, for example:

DESKTOP_EXTRAS="OnlyShowIn=Yes"

or

DESKTOP_EXTRAS="MimeType=text/plain
NoDisplay=Yes"

Any objections?  Suggestions?  I would be willing to add these myself
if no one else is.

-- 
Jim Ramsay
Gentoo/Linux Developer (rox)