Re: Wrong Icons in *.desktop files

[Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <mmh@gmx.net>]

Marcel Meckel wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> in openoffice.org1.1 beta packages the *.desktop files found in
> /usr/share/applnk/OpenOffice.org1.1/ have Icons= lines like this:
> 
>    Icon=ooo_calc.xpm
> 
> Since the right Line should be
> 
>    Icon=/usr/lib/openoffice1.1/share/icons/ooo_calc.png
> 
> (notice .png instead of .xpm) no icons are visible. In
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2003/debian-openoffice-200310
msg00014.html

The absolute path is not good because it breaks all icon theming:
See this entry in the freedesktop desktopfile spec:

 Icon:  Icon to display in file manager, menus, etc. If the name is an
absolute path, the given file will be used. If the name is not an absolute
path, an implementation-dependent search algorithm will be used to locate
the icon. Icons may be localized with the Icon[xx]= syntax.     
string  NO      YES     1-4