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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Derek Moyes <sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com>:
> 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?

The problem with that is that, last I recall, you cannot have a directory be 
the
same name as a spell.

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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