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On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 22:25 +0200, Dan Armak wrote: |
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> Assume the install prefix problem is fixed somehow. What items are displayed |
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> in each WM's menu? |
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> Option 1: KDE only displays KDE apps, Gnome only Gnome apps. How do we decide |
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> what is displayed in both ('neutral' apps) |
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> Can the user edit the menu, and |
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> include some things we don't include by default, in a WM-neutral way? What |
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> should WMs other than KDE and Gnome display by default? |
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> Option 2: always display everything. Problems: huge menu. KDE and Gnome and |
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> others use different categorization. A change of the status quo, so user |
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> community should get a chance to veto. And when using descriptions as primary |
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> menu text (e.g. 'Text editor' instead of 'kwrite'/'gedit') some KDE and Gnome |
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> programs have similar or identical descriptions, which looks bad to new |
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> users. |
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I'm aware of the issues surrounding menus, but the spec gives a lot of |
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options. As said, we haven't dealt with it, because it is not a snag |
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that we hit currently. |
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I think we can basically have several menu setups fit for different |
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tasks/DEs and either let loginmanagers choose on startup or users choose |
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on install. |
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I don't know what the future plans are of KDE regarding it's slotting, |
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but if it intends to use syswide (fdo) specs like mime/icons the install |
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alternate root is going to be the main hurdle to tackle. |
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