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authorVincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>2007-04-28 13:37:36 +0000
committerVincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>2007-04-28 13:37:36 +0000
commitb73913bba44765362d518a6ae8c89afb537ee4da (patch)
treed6d73e57677dc7abbdfdb4a600fb5963089a1b36
parente1775a202af19adf9c73e6954293e2e95f8f13a0 (diff)
clarify that lists should always end with a semicolon, even if there's
2007-04-28 Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org> * desktop-entry-spec.xml: clarify that lists should always end with a semicolon, even if there's only one value.
-rw-r--r--desktop-entry/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
index e014539..9dea91c 100644
--- a/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
+++ b/desktop-entry/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-28 Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>
+
+ * desktop-entry-spec.xml: clarify that lists should always end with a
+ semicolon, even if there's only one value.
+
2007-02-06 Waldo Bastian <waldo.bastian@intel.com>
* Clearify that %U may result in either local paths or file: URLs
* Deprecate %d, %n, %D and %N. They aren't usable on Gnome and
diff --git a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
index 4f59023..2f8cd12 100644
--- a/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
+++ b/desktop-entry/desktop-entry-spec.xml
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@
<para>
Some keys can have multiple values. In such a case, the value of the key
is specified as a plural: for example, <literal>string(s)</literal>. The
- multiple values should be separated by a semicolon. Those keys which
- have several values should have a semicolon as the trailing character.
- Semicolons in these values need to be escaped using
- <literal>\;</literal>.
+ multiple values should be separated by a semicolon, and the value of the
+ key should have a semicolon as trailing character. Semicolons in these
+ values need to be escaped using <literal>\;</literal>.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="localized-keys">