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[Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>]

FYI gnome-desktop is not a profile spell it is an actual spell needed by
gnome 2.4/6.  

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Robin Cook

On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 00:06 -0500, Derek Moyes wrote:
> Quoting Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>:
> 
> > I am wondering if you'd care to make an "e-profile" spell (similar to
> > kde-profile, gnome-2-desktop-profile, etc.) for those of us unfamiliar 
> > with
> > the
> > dependencies to get an Enlightenment desktop going. ;)
> > 
> > -sandalle
> 
> Actually, I was going to start a discussion on renaming our "-profile" 
> spells to
> simply the name of the desktop, like "gnome", "kde" or "enlightenment".
> 
> I think this would be much easier for new and existing (and old!) users 
> alike.
> 
> For instance, right now we have a "kde-profile", "gnome-profile" (gnome1),
> "gnome-2-desktop-profile" (gnome 2.4) and "gnome-desktop" (gnome 2.6). 
> While I
> applaud supporting multiple versions of the same desktop... perhaps it 
> could be
> done like the "linux" spell, where you "cast gnome" and get a menu.
> 
> Besides, don't you think that "cast gnome" or "cast kde" is much more 
> intuitive,
> from a new-user standpoint?
> 
> Comments? Flames?
> 
>  -- Derek, sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com
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