2013/11/8 Darrell Anderson <darrella@hushmail.com>

All,

I want to create a patch that modifies two *.desktop files during
compile time. What is the correct syntax to use for the cmake
variable in the *.desktop files?

For example:

Exec=%CMAKE_VARIABLE%

Thanks. :-)

Darrell

Is it still actual?

Anyway... for future generations... the syntax is:

Exec=@CMAKE_VARIABLE@

The desktop file is supposed to have ".cmake" extension.

In CMakeLists.txt use configure_file() statement.

You can use e.g. tdebase/kdesktop/kdesktop.desktop.cmake as an example...