On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 06:04:49PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > The desktop file has been around for a long time and there are a
> > lot of other terminal-based apps using one.
>
> I have not seen any other app. Major apps like aptitude don't, mutt
> ships one with NoDisplay=true as it only registers a mime handler.
> Lynx does not ship any desktop file. IPython ships a desktop file, but
> this is a bit special, since that's an interactive shell.
>
> For a terminal-based web browser, it does not make much sense, though,
> as you'll likely have a graphical browser installed if you run a
> desktop environment. Most likely the user installed elinks as a
> fallback for the terminal, or for dumping HTML, potentially for use
> with mutt. It might make sense to still ship the desktop entry with
> NoDisplay=true, so advanced users can still enable it if they need it.
> But it does not make sense IMO to clutter up the default menu with a
> console application most do not need there.
>
> This is worse now as it was previously, with (for example) GNOME 3 now
> only giving a grid of applications, no categories anymore. Imagine how
> filled it would be if every terminal app shipped a desktop. IIRC, one
> of the major reasons the Debian menu was disabled in GNOME was to
> avoid all the console applications being displayed.
Ok, I'll drop the desktop file in a future upload.
Cheers,
Moritz
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