[Nix-dev] Desktop environments (KDE, XFCE) and ~/.nix-profile/share/applications

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On 05/03/2012 10:49 PM, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote:
> Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I notice that when installing apps on a per-user basis using nix-env,
>> the desktop shortcuts (symlinked to ~/.nix-profile/share/applications)
>> do not get indexed by kbuildsycoca4 and thus do not end up in the menu
>> (I've not tested this with XFCE yet).
>>
>> Should this directory be indexed by default, similar to how
>> ~/.local/share/applications is indexed? It'd make the desktop experience
>> feel more integrated.
> $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS

Ah, thanks. So the problem is that KDE is ignoring this value?

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