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shortcuts.vdf encoding inconsistent

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8773 · opened 2022-09-03 by Jtewen · updated 2024-01-03 · 2 comments · github
JJtewen 2022-09-03 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Sep 2 2022
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Steam OS Halo
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Many of the vdf files have different encodings, making it pretty difficult to make third party software for the Steam Deck. Specifically the Shortcuts.vdf file has an encoding of 'data' and has many unparseable characters.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. find ~/.local/share/Steam -type f -name "shortcuts.vdf" -exec file {} + to view shortcuts.vdf encoding

  2. find ~/.local/share/Steam -type f -name "*.vdf" -exec file {} + to view all encodings

MmysteriousHerb 2022-09-12 github

Related to the issue #5075 - hasn't been fixed for 5 years!

Vvpassapera 2024-01-03 · hidden on GitHub github

You know, it would be extremely useful if this was standardized since we could use things like ansible to manage the state of the shortcuts.

@kisak-valve @pd-valve @jeffmvalve @cboyd-valve @EricS-Valve

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