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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-45394

QIcon does not search XDG_DATA_HOME

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • None
    • 5.4.0
    • QPA: X11/XCB
    • None
    • Ubuntu 14.04.

    Description

      The documentation for QIcon (http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qicon.html ) says: "On X11, the search path will use the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable if available."

      There are a few problems here:

      1. XDG_DATA_HOME should also be searched, as per the XDG Base Directory Specification (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html ), which says: "$XDG_DATA_DIRS defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to search for data files in addition to the $XDG_DATA_HOME base directory."

      2. If either variable is not defined, the default values should be used, again as per the XDG Base Directory spec.

      3. The XDG Base Directory spec is not X11-specific; for example, it will also apply to most systems running Wayland or Mir; in practice, pretty much anything that is not Windows or Mac.

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          duplicates

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-48417 Icon::fromTheme ignores files in ~/.local/share/icons

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-48417 Icon::fromTheme ignores files in ~/.local/share/icons

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-71039 icon search path does not include user theme's

          • Not Evaluated - Not yet evaluated/prioritized
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-33123 QIcon::fromTheme() does not support all the xdg icon-theme directories nor XPM icons

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
          For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-45394
          # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
          158352,3 QIcon: add support for XDG_DATA_HOME dev qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED 0 0
          158412,3 QIcon: add support for XDG_DATA_HOME 5.6 qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED -2 0

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              paeglis Gatis Paeglis
              rrt Reuben Thomas
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