Charles... On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 11:38:59AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Applications can be listed in the non-debian menu of desktop managers > such as Gnome and Kde by dropping a applicationname.desktop file in > /usr/share/applications/. > > There is a lot activity in Ubuntu to provide applicationname.desktop > files to packages which lack them, so I decided to write one for a > package I am currently preparing (treeviewx, ITP#352506).
Good idea. My GUI packages also contain a .desktop file. The cluttered classical "Debian" menu has a lot of potential for improvement. :) > However, I could not find something equivalent to the menu policy. IMHO there is none yet. > Can any program register itself in the Application menu of Gnome and KDE, > or does it has to be done in coordination wiht the teams responsible for > these desktops ? Just provide a .desktop file with the appropriate information. Here is the formal description of .desktop files: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/desktop-entry-spec In my experience not all categories worked in my KDE Sid installation. I didn't investigate that, yet. Kind regards Christoph Haas -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 1 line --100%-- 1,48 All -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
