Desktop Application Autostart Specification

John Palmieri


    
  

Kévin Ottens


    
  

Renato Caldas

Rodrigo Moya


    
  

Waldo Bastian


    
  

Version 0.5

13 February 2006


Table of Contents

Introduction
Autostart Of Applications During Startup
Autostart Directories
Application .desktop Files
Implementation Notes
Autostart Of Applications After Mount
Autostart Files
Autoopen Files

Introduction

This DRAFT document defines a method for automatically starting applications during the startup of a desktop environment and after mounting a removable medium.

Some of the file locations in this specification are specified based on the "desktop base directory specification".

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.