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   On 26 Jan 2024 at 21:09:39 GMT, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote:   
      
   > On 26 Jan 2024 10:31:52 GMT, TimS wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 26 Jan 2024 at 02:42:07 GMT, "immibis"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Everyone else says: no, that's a really stupid idea.   
   >>   
   >> ... along with the .desktop files themselves.   
   >   
   > Desktop files are a pretty cool idea   
   > .   
   > Besides offering clickable icons, they are also used to define custom   
   > menu items   
   > . They are   
   > also used to define those “new document” right-click items you see in   
   > common file managers.   
      
   All of that functionality should be available from the GUI.   
      
   --   
   Tim   
      
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