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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 04:18:05PM -0600, Derek Moyes wrote:
> 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

That's the plan, following the freedesktop menu standard with our spells
to install .desktop files.

> 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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Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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