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The title pretty much says it all. I have searched the net; I have munged about in /usr/share/man/; I could probably go find the source and take a half day to find what I need but that does not seem reasonable. I am certain I cannot be the only person to have this problem nor will I be the last.

The documentation must exist somewhere. I must be using the wrong key words or not grokking the correct name for the man page that tells all about this configuration. 

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/bin/sh -c "wmctrl -s 1 ; xemacs /home/amon/Desktop/myfile"
Hidden=false
X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_US]=emacs myfile
Name=emacs myfile
Comment[en_US]=Always need my basic to do list
Comment=Always need my basic to do list

Is there a full syntax definition somewhere?

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This is not actually MATE-specific, .desktop launchers follow the freedesktop.org standards.

You can find the detailed specification here: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html

This is a table containing the standard keys retrieved from the link above:
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  • Thank you ever so much. It is a shame they do not put this into a man page as 'desktop-entry-formet' or something like that. I regret that I had to trouble you, but I had failed to find any thread or hint that would have led me to this document. So again, thank you for taking the time to assist. – Dale Amon Nov 27 '19 at 17:53
  • @DaleAmon If you find this answer useful, please consider "accepting" it (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future. – pomsky Nov 27 '19 at 18:43