From bc89778fdc2f20323a9201bb5d17be639c181268 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: danshick Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 10:46:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update contrib to mention XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 3bc63b6..72b1276 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -17,3 +17,12 @@ Alternatively you can trigger it with [trigger-screen-shot.py] and [portal-test]: https://github.com/matthiasclasen/portal-test [trigger-screen-shot.py]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/snippets/814 [xdp-screen-cast.py]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/snippets/19 + +## Alternate *.portal Location + +xdg-desktop-portal will read the XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR environment variable for an +alternate path for *.portal files. This can be useful when testing changes to that +portal file, or for testing xdpw without installing it. This feature is undocumented +and shouldn't be relied on, but may be helpful in some circumstances. + +https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/blob/e7f78640e35debb68fef891fc233c449006d9724/src/portal-impl.c#L124