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  • From: Derek Moyes <sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com>
  • 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: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:18:05 -0600

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




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