From 573aa0110a47bd4566c6597c5af40687b02eab59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon McVittie Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:00:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] desktop-entry-spec: Formalize the reverse DNS convention Also mention the D-Bus convention for the part after the domain name, which is widely deployed and seems as good as anything else. Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie --- desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml index 346d41b..63c4a70 100644 --- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml +++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml @@ -109,9 +109,14 @@ The name of the desktop entry should follow the "reverse DNS" - convention, for example org.example.FooViewer, - resulting in a file named - org.example.FooViewer.desktop. + convention: it should start with a reversed DNS domain name + controlled by the author of the application, in lower case. The + domain name should be followed by the name of the application, which + is conventionally written with words run together and initial capital + letters (CamelCase). For example, if the owner of + example.org writes "Foo Viewer", they might choose + the name org.example.FooViewer, resulting in a file + named org.example.FooViewer.desktop. -- 2.15.0.rc0