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| − | This is a template for PXML files. It covers most of the spec and is considered to be ''clean'', meaning that it can be used as a sane starting point for PXML write-ups.
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| − | <source lang="xml">
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| − | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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| − | <!--This is an example PXML file for an application named "Exaile", to
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| − | demonstrate how a PXML file is supposed to be structured. Feel free to
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| − | replace all of the field contents with your own data, and to remove these
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| − | comments afterwards, in order to get a working and valid PXML file.
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| − | Note that this file is MINIMAL aka. this is the information you SHOULD
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| − | specify if you're well-behaved (all of it isn't NEEDED per-se, though) -->
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| − | <!--
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| − | PXML tag
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| − | Indicates the root node of a PXML file.
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | xmlns:
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| − | Identifies the namespace of this PXML file. Potential future PXML
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| − | specifications will use a different name space.
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| − | <PXML xmlns="http://openpandora.org/namespaces/PXML">
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| − | <!--
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| − | application tag
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| − | Declares a new application that this PND package provides. Most PND
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| − | packages will only have one application entry, and it is discouraged to
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| − | have too many application entries in one PND file, since a PND file is
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| − | inseparable, i.e. an user cannot upgrade one app and leave another be if
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| − | they share the same PND file.
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | id:
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| − | Identifies the application in application enumerations.
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| − | This has to be a string that is unique to the package series; there
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| − | must not be two packages with entirely different purposes and
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| − | origins that share the same ID.
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| − | tl;dr: Choose an id like you would choose a package name on the
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| − | Linux Desktop.
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| − | Some things you have to consider when choosing an id:
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| − | - If you release new versions of your application, they should have
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| − | the same id as previous versions. Packages with different id's
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| − | are not considered to be related at all, while packages with
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| − | identical id's are considered to be of the same kind.
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| − | - Your id should not be too complex. You should choose something
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| − | that is unique to your application, and not something globally
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| − | unique.
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| − | - The application id will be used by package managers and the like.
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| − | So, choose something that you expect to be typed in as:
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| − | "installtool install %id%"
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| − | If you are publishing an application that you created yourself,
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| − | and that you don't expect anyone else to also publish, these
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| − | would be GOOD id's:
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| − | - "exaile"
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| − | - "myapp"
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| − | - "kdemod-extras-quassel"
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| − | - "awesome-music-player"
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| − | These would be BAD id's:
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| − | - "Exaile" - This is an user-adapted name and not a machine-
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| − | adapted name
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| − | - "Exaile - A music player that rocks" - This contains spaces and
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| − | might therefore be mistreated by shell scripts and the like.
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| − | - "exaile-1.0" - This contains version information; you should
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| − | put this information in the version tag below instead.
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| − | - "exaile-written-by-foobar-in-the-year-of-the-lord-two-thousand-and-ten-and-given-to-yall-for-free"
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| − | This is too long.
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| − | - "ae4c8bc112cafedd" - This doesn't identify *the application*, but
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| − | is just a random unique identifier.
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| − | These would be GOOD id's if you PORTED or MODDED an existing
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| − | application:
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| − | - "exaile-dflemstr" - (port) The app was ported by dflemstr
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| − | - "exaile-nox" - (mod) The app runs without X
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| − | - "exaile-player" - (port) Only a part of the application was
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| − | ported
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| − | - "exaile-pure" - (mod) Substantial mods were carried through, and
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| − | a rebranding was needed.
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| − | appdata:
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| − | Specifies a name for a data store for your application
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| − | This is where all your writes to CWD will end up when you run
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| − | your application. You should choose an user friendly name, but
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| − | *not* an user-adapted name (think about localization and
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| − | management).
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| − | Good alternatives:
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| − | - "exaile"
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| − | - "exaile-1" - If you intend to release newer versions that use
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| − | a different storage format.
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| − | - "exaile-dev" - If you want an user to be able to use a dev
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| − | version of your app, and a stable version of your app
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| − | simultaneously.
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| − | -->
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| − | <application id="exaile" appdata="exaile">
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| − | <!--
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| − | title tag(s)
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| − | Defines a human-readable title for the application in a specified locale.
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| − | You MUST specify a title with the language "en_US"; other localizations
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| − | are optional, but it is recommended to add one for generic,
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| − | not-only-american english ("en"). Titles and descriptions should also be
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| − | in pairs (you should not translate a title and omit a translation for a
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| − | description).
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | lang:
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| − | Specifies the language of the title.
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| − | This is made up of two parts:
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| − | - The language part. This code is the lower-case, two-letter
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| − | code as defined by ISO-639.
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| − | - OPTIONAL: The country part. This code is the upper-case,
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| − | two-letter code as defined by ISO-3166, with an underscore
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| − | as the prefix.
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| − | -->
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| − | <title lang="en_US">Exaile music player</title>
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| − | <title lang="sv">Exaile musikspelare</title>
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| − | <title lang="de">Exaile musikspieler</title>
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| − | <!--
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| − | description tag(s)
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| − | Defines a human-readable description for your application in a specified
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| − | locale. The same rules apply to this element, as to title elements. Note
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| − | that we by description don't mean page-long texts; the recommended length
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| − | for a description is 128 characters, but certain implementations support
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| − | up to 1024 or 4096 characters. More than that is absolutely not
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| − | recommended. Also, please remember that newlines are ignored in
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| − | descriptions according to the XML standard, but that spaces are
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| − | significant. XML escaping applies for the characters less-than,
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| − | greater-than and ampersand (< > & respectively).
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | lang:
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| − | See above.
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| − | -->
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| − | <description lang="en_US">A versatile music player written in Python.</description>
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| − | <description lang="sv">En kraftfull musikspelare skriven i Python.</description>
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| − | <description lang="de">Ein fähiger Musikspieler, in Python geschrieben.</description>
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| − | <!--
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| − | version tag
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| − | This specifies the version quadron for this application.
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| − | ALL FIELDS MUST BE POSITIVE INTEGERS OR 0. You are free to choose your
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| − | own versioning scheme (ie. "build" doesn't have to be the number of times
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| − | you built the application), but you must specify all four version fields
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| − | below.
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| − | -->
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| − | <version major="1" minor="0" release="0" build="2"/>
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| − | <!--
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| − | exec tag
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| − | Declares how the application should be started.
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | command:
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| − | The executable to start when the program is launched. This is
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| − | a path relative to the root of your PND file.
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| − | arguments:
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| − | Does the app need to be started with certain arguments every
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| − | time it is run? This is useful for PNDs that contain
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| − | multiple applications that use the same executable file.
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| − | background:
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| − | Can this application "be minimised" or should it run
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| − | singleton?
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| − | "true", "false", "1" or "0" accepted.
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| − | startdir:
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| − | Sets the CWD for the application before it is run.
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| − | Default is the PND mount point.
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| − | standalone:
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| − | Can this application run directly, or should it only be
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| − | started via associations? If this is "false" or "0", it
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| − | won't show up in launchers.
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| − | x11:
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| − | Can be one of:
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| − | "req" - X11 is required for the application to run.
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| − | "stop" - X11 must be stopped for the application to run.
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| − | "ignore" (default) - Don't care about X11.
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| − | -->
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| − | <exec command="./bin/exaile" background="true" standalone="true"/>
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| − | <!--
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| − | author tag
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| − | Contains information about the application author. All three fields
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| − | are optional.
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| − | -->
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| − | <author name="Bjornhild Andersson" website="http://some.website.with.author.info" email="a.b@c.de"/>
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| − | icon tag
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| − | Declares the icon for the application. This should be the same icon that
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| − | is appended to the PND file, or something different if *this* application
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| − | should have a different icon from the rest.
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| − | Attributes:
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| − | src:
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| − | Relative URI to the icon (can be a relative file, or a
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| − | fully-qualified URL; the latter is only supported in some
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| − | implementations)
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| − | -->
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| − | <icon src="icon.png"/>
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| − | <!--
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| − | categories tag
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| − | Specifies which categories this application belongs to. See
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| − | http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html for more
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| − | information. The optional sub-element "subcategory" is currently ignored
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| − | by all implementations.
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| − | -->
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| − | <categories>
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| − | <category name="Audio"/>
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| − | <category name="Music"/>
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| − | <category name="GTK"/>
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| − | </categories>
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| − | </application>
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| − | </PXML>
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| − | </source>
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