On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 08:31:12 +0100, "R.Wieser" 
declaimed the following:

>
>Ehrmm...  The OS takes its clues to which program a file can be opened with
>from looking in those *.desktop files ?   Does that also mean there are
>restrictions to where I am allowed to create them ?
>
 As I understand it, the GUI desktop manager uses .desktop files to
populate the (right-click) menu for files.

https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en



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