links in menus/cross desktop menus

[chris]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:15 PM, chris <cdcasey at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to create menu entries that point to folders with examples
> in them. These menu entries need to work on both KDE and Gnome, so it
> doesn't seem like I can use Exec=kfmclient/nautilus in the .desktop
> entries. If I change the Type= key from Application to Link and add a
> URL=file:/// key, they work in Gnome. However, in KDE the menu entry
> *disappears completely*. These entries are all in
> ~/.local/share/applications, and show up when Type=Application is
> specified.
>
> Is there a way to make the links appear in the K-menu or make the
> entries somehow else cross-desktop compatible?
>
> things I've tried:
>
> -setting NoDisplay and Hidden to false
> -setting an Icon
> -moving the entry to .kde/share/applink (the behavior was identical)
> -probably other silly acts of desperation I'm forgetting :)
>
> It's KDE 3.3 (and Gnome 2.8) on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris
>

Well, I found a way that works, in case anyone else runs into this. I
simply created two .desktop files for each entry. One file, containing
KDE in the name, had

Exec=kfmclient openURL <path>
OnlyShowIn=KDE

The other file had

Exec=gnome-open <path>
NotShowIn=KDE

Not horribly elegant, but functional :)

-Chris
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