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| author | Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com> | 2015-05-05 15:35:14 +0800 |
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| committer | Bryce Harrington <bryce@osg.samsung.com> | 2015-05-21 18:56:26 -0700 |
| commit | ca13f7ed8f93cb3c5d227e77978dd78db16a1244 (patch) | |
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xdg-shell: Clarify the meaning of app ID and give example
Signed-off-by: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/protocol/xdg-shell.xml b/protocol/xdg-shell.xml index 1629bd00..07206627 100644 --- a/protocol/xdg-shell.xml +++ b/protocol/xdg-shell.xml @@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ the surface belongs. The compositor can use this to group multiple surfaces together, or to determine how to launch a new application. + For D-Bus activatable applications, the app ID is used as the D-Bus + service name. + + The compositor shell will try to group application surfaces together + by their app ID. As a best practice, it is suggested to select app + ID's that match the basename of the application's .desktop file. + For example, "org.freedesktop.FooViewer" where the .desktop file is + "org.freedesktop.FooViewer.desktop". + See the desktop-entry specification [0] for more details on application identifiers and how they relate to well-known D-Bus names and .desktop files. |