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diff --git a/grc/freedesktop/README b/grc/freedesktop/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0857ecc22 --- /dev/null +++ b/grc/freedesktop/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +################################################## +# Freedesktop Notes +################################################## + +This directory contains icons, a mime type, and menu files for grc. +Installation of these files requires a set of tools called xdg-utils. +xdg-utils will install files in a standard way according to the freedesktop.org standards. + +Desktop enviroments that implement these standards are gnome, kde, xfce, and others. +If you have one of these desktop enviroments, xdg-utils should come installed. +If xdg-utils is not installed, then this directory will be ignored by the build. + +The gtk IconTheme module locates the installed icons for use inside the grc app. +On recent versions of gtk, IconTheme ignores the icons installed into the default theme. +This presents a problem for the gnome file system browser, nautilus, and the grc app. +As a solution, icons are also installed under the gnome theme. + +*.png files - these are the icons of various sizes +*.desktop files - these are the menu items for grc executables +*.xml file - this is the mime type for the saved flow graphs |