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tortilla

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Registered: 2021-06-14

Posts: 32

.desktop: Localization for Exec command

Hi,

I would like to provide a localized version of the .txt file in the main menu editor. I have built my .desktop file for it like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name[de]=restic menü Zusammenfassung
Name[en]=restic menu Abstract
GenericName[de]=Zusammenfassung und detaillierte Beschreibung
GenericName[en]= Abstract and detailed description
Exec=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Tools/Linux/restic/restic-ht-GUI/restic-Anleitung-kompakt.txt
Exec[de]=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Projekte/dewpoint/dp-examples/dp-examples-docs/dewpoint-manual-compactly_en.txt
Comment[en]=Important!!! Before starting, enter the backup file (repository) and the "backup-source". 
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/username/Dokumente/Tools/Icons/pi-plus-Logo.png
Type=Application
Path=
StartupNotify=false

Now I have the problem that in this version

Exec[de]=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Tools/Linux/restic/restic-ht-GUI/restic-Anleitung-kompakt.txt
Exec[en]=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Projekte/dewpoint/dp-examples/dp-examples-docs/dewpoint-manual-compactly_en.txt

this menu item is not displayed in the Alacarte menu editor - s. screenshot bottom. The menu item is only displayed if one of these two versions is used:

Exec[de]=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Tools/Linux/restic/restic-ht-GUI/restic-Anleitung-kompakt.txt
Exec=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Projekte/dewpoint/dp-examples/dp-examples-docs/dewpoint-manual-compactly_en.txt

Exec=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Tools/Linux/restic/restic-ht-GUI/restic-Anleitung-kompakt.txt
Exec[de]=mousepad /home/username/Dokumente/Projekte/dewpoint/dp-examples/dp-examples-docs/dewpoint-manual-compactly_en.txt

My questions are:

• What is the cause for this?

• Is it possible that the freedesktop specification does not allow to program localized exec commands?

Thank you!

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: .desktop: Localization for Exec command

From: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/ … lized-keys

Keys with type localestring may be postfixed by [LOCALE]

and

Exec	Program to execute, possibly with arguments.....                         string	NO	1

So the Exec key is not of type localestring so it cannot be localized.

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tortilla

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Registered: 2021-06-14

Posts: 32

Re: .desktop: Localization for Exec command

Thank you, ToZ!

OK, what I can think of for multilingual instructions is:

a) place several languages in one text document and open the document in Mousepad - this is only practical for 2-3 languages.
b) create a multilingual manpage "resticmenu".

Maybe someone has an idea how to generate localised versions of .txt files for editing in the main menu editor? Because editing the manpages is a bit awkward.

Last edited by tortilla (2022-09-30 03:44:34)