sniping.org » Linux on the Desktop http://sniping.org snipe -- verb [intrans.] -- make a sly or petty verbal attack Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:51:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 So Simple, it Might Just Be Worth Implementing http://sniping.org/2006/09/28/so-simple-it-might-just-be-worth-implementing/ http://sniping.org/2006/09/28/so-simple-it-might-just-be-worth-implementing/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:22:08 +0000 fdiv_bug http://sniping.org/2006/09/28/so-simple-it-might-just-be-worth-implementing/ Tom Tromey had a Silly desktop idea for the GNOME desktop project — create a small interpreter that can load freedesktop.org desktop entry specification files, and then make those filese executable, so one can just execute the .desktop file to load the appropriate app.

I read this and thought, “Huh, that is a good idea,” and began implementing it in my head, in Python. I might throw something together this weekend. Or, I might not. Either way, you’ve been warned.

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