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[Derek Moyes <sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com>]

I think this is a great idea, however, I think this is going to be something
addressed by the Freedesktop.org integration stuff -- so maybe we ought to get
involved in that instead of "rolling our own" as it were.

 -- Derek, sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com

Quoting evraire AT tuwg.com:

> 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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 -- Derek, sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com