Linux installation

[Rishi Viner]

On Saturday 07 April 2007 09:14, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> I'm aiming to write my own.  So what I'm looking for is info on what
> each of the window managers (KDE, Gnome -- other popular ones?) requires
> for an app to:
>
> - Set up document file type associations
> - Assign icons for the app and the documents
> - Add shortcuts to the Start menu

KDE filesystem hierarchy:
http://techbase.kde.org/SysAdmin/KDE_Filesystem_Hierarchy

KDE development tutorials:
http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials

Freedesktop.org Specifications:
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications
(icons, menus applinks etc)

The KDE Kmenu follows this specification:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html

A bunch of links on standards and documentation here:
http://vlug.org/linux/links/Documentation/Standards/index.html

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Rishi 
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