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  • From: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • To: evraire AT tuwg.com
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Support for application menus under different desktop environments
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:09:50 -0500 (EST)

This is the purpose of the invoke script. Unfortunatly, no one has
finished it.

On 10 Mar 2004 evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:

> Hello,
> I still find there's a lacking in our distro in one small (yet
> significant IMHO) area: desktop environment menus. What I mean by "desktop
> environment menus" is the main menu system you find under Gnome, Gnome2,
> KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE and other such systems that offer a place where
> installed applications show up (ie: the Applications menu under Gnome2, the
> K under KDE, etc.)
>
> The problem I see is that installed applications don't always show up in
> the menu: some do, and some don't. Sometimes they show up in one menu (KDE
> is particularly good), but not others (like Gnome2). As an example of
> this, I've got firefox installed and IMO it should've added itself to the
> Internet sub-menu of my Applications menu automatically (I'm running a
> Gnome2 desktop), but I needed to do so myself. On the other hand, I just
> cast xchat and it /did/ add itself to the Internet sub-menu!
>
> This is highly inconsistent and takes something away from the user
> experience of someone running our distro. Adding this feature would add a
> significant degree of polish to running SMGL as a desktop system. I
> realize this is more challenging than it sounds: different desktop
> environments use different methods for building their menus. What happens
> if I decide to move XChat from Internet to Chat? Should my other desktop
> environments reflect that change? Should the change be specific to the
> current user, or be reflected across the system (or have the option for
> both)? What happens when I next recast XChat? Will it reinstall itself in
> the Internet menu, leaving me with two links? Some spells install multiple
> binaries, but only one or a subset of those should appear in the menu...
> etc.
>
> I've started a feature request under bugzilla
> (http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6322) where I'd like to discuss
> with all of you how you think we should address this, or even if you think
> we should address this at all?
>
> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
>
> Jonathan Evraire
> evraire at tuwg.com
>
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