xfce desktop does not respect freedesktop desktop settings

[Xan]

hi,

In ./config/user-dirs.dirs I have:

# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Escriptori"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Escriptori"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"

So, "Escriptori" is my desktop dir. Gnome respects it. All files gnome shows me in the desktop are present in Escriptori, but xfce not (see screeenshots): xfce displays "Desktop" directory.

[Xan (dxpublica)]

Sorry, I have ubuntu 7.10 with xfdesktop4 installed and xubuntu-default-settings.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Fixed upstream.

[Jaroslav Šmíd (jardasmid-gmail)]

When will be update made available for ubuntu 8.10? At least made it available in backports repo.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package thunar - 0.9.99.1-0ubuntu1

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thunar (0.9.99.1-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian pkg-xfce UNRELEASED (r2643), remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + use our Vcs-* fields.
      + build depends on gtk-doc-tools.
      + thunar-data: conflicts/replaces thunar-doc, libthunar-vfs-1-dev
        (<= 0.9.0-3ubuntu1).
    - debian/patches:
      + 06_fix-menu-icons.patch: correctly displays themed icons even if there's
        a dot in the middle of the filename (see Xfce #3614).
      + xubuntu-fix-desktop-files.patch: various fixes to desktop files:
        . make thunar and thunar-bulk-rename appear under Accessories not System
        . make destop-file-validate happy (remove 'Encoding' and 'Application;')
        . add 'OnlyShowIn="XFCE;"' to Thunar-folder-handler.desktop so that
          GNOME defaults to Nautilus and not Thunar.
  * Bugs fixed by this new release:
    - "Querying Thunar /proc directory causes hang" (LP: #162448)
    - "Thunar does not respond after second window is opened" (LP: #163587)
    - "Thunar does not show if drive is mounted" (LP: #181117)
    - "xfce desktop does not respect freedesktop desktop settings" (LP: #220318)
    - "thunar swaps behavior of forward / back (next / previous) buttons"
      (LP: #234217)
    - "Xubuntu 8.04 X64 Thunar randomly freezes - hidden files/tree view"
      (LP: #293839)
    - "Opening multiple instances of thunar causes system freeze" (LP: #317920)
  * debian/patches/02_fix-font-thumbnailer-desktop-file.patch: add missing keys
    in the font thumbnailer's desktop file (LP: #318290).

 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:47:35 +0100

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xfdesktop4 - 4.5.99.1-0ubuntu1

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xfdesktop4 (4.5.99.1-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian pkg-xfce UNRELEASED (r2650). Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + build-depends on quilt
      + use our Vcs-* fields
      + xfdesktop4 suggests: add xubuntu-default-settings (>= 0.10).
  * debian/patches:
    - xubuntu_00_open-xubuntu-docs.patch: make the 'help' menu item open the
      Xubuntu documentation (LP #86244)
    - xubuntu_01_clean-default-menu.patch: drop the first menu entries (run,
      browser, thunar, terminal, separators)
    - series: refreshed.
  * debian/rules: reenable quilt rules.
  * Bugs fixed by this new release:
    - "[xubuntu-only] xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in common_desktop_menu()"
      (LP: #99040)
    - "Can't select multiple files or folders on desktop with left click"
      (LP: #179436)
    - "xfce desktop does not respect freedesktop desktop settings" (LP: #220318)
    - "Right-click on desktop causes Xfce to stop managing desktop when icons
      are disabled" (LP: #311977).

xfdesktop4 (4.5.99.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  [ Xfce 4.6 Alpha “Pinkie”]
  * new upstream alpha release.
    - Debian menu is now translatable through menu-xdg. closes: #370712, #254004
    - menu implementation correclty handle Exec= lines . closes: #449077
  * debian/control:
    - update standards version to 3.8.0. No change needed.
    - update build-deps for Xfce 4.6 Alpha.
    - remove useless conflicts.
    - add build-dep on intltool.
    - add Recommends: on xdg-user-dirs to handle XDG folders.
  * debian/rules:
    - don't install useless lintian override file
    - fail if dh_install misses files.
    - stop messing with config.{guess,sub}.
    - rename generic xfce4-terminal.desktop file so it doesnt conflicts with
      Terminal.
    - force configure flags
  * debian/lintian: dropped, now useless
  * debian/patches:
    - 01_show-backdrop-by-default dropped due to upstream changes.
    - 03_fix-memory-leak dropped, included upstream.
    - 04_fix-CRITICAL-register-message-startup too.
    - 05_simplify-free-code as well.
    - 07_fix-italian-typos merged too. closes: #483709
    - 06_fix-size-warning-amd64 added.
  * debian/xfdesktop-data.install:
    - add /usr/share/desktop-directories files.
    - add /usr/share/applications files.
  * debian/xfce4-menueditor.1 dropped, xfce4-menueditor is not part of
    xfdesktop4 anymore.
  * debian/xfdesktop4.menu-method dropped, xfdesktop now supports XDG menus,
    so we can use debian-menu.menu directly if present.
  * debian/README.Debian:
    - remove deprecated comments about user changes to menu files
    - add a note about new menu systems and conffiles handling.
  [ Xfce 4.6 Beta 1 “Fuzzy”]
  * new upstream beta release.
  * debian/control:
    - update build-deps for Fuzzy.
    - drop build-dep on quilt.
    - add conflict for previous xfdesktop4(-data) packages.
  * debian/patches:
    - 02_use_eject_where_needed dropped, merged upstream.
    - 06_fix-size-warning-amd64 as well.
  * debian/rules:
    - remove quilt stuff.
  [ Xfce 4.6 Beta 2 “Hopper”]
  ...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xfce4-places-plugin - 1.2.0-0ubuntu1

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xfce4-places-plugin (1.2.0-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Updates a ton of translations
    - Adds XDG user dirs support
    - Uses XDG icon names
    - Shows "Eject" option on removable volumes when Thunar 1.0 does
    - Makes the properties dialog non-modal
    - Honors GTK's menu icon size (bug #4744)
    - Calls the file browser through exo instead of directly opening Thunar
    - Fixes some issues on shutdown
    - Takes advantage of the panel's menu positioning on Xfce 4.6.
  * debian/control: build-depends on intltool.
  * debian/patches/*: dropped, included upstream.
  * Bugs fixed:
    - "xfce4-places-plugin icon size doesn't follow gtkrc hints" (LP: #226161)
    - "xfce desktop does not respect freedesktop desktop settings" (LP: #220318).

 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:44:42 +0200