* Sune Vuorela <nos...@vuorela.dk> [110419 12:32]: > On 2011-04-19, Bernhard R. Link <brl...@debian.org> wrote: > > * Sune Vuorela <nos...@vuorela.dk> [110419 09:41]: > >> On 2011-04-18, Bernhard R. Link <brl...@debian.org> wrote: > >> > Currently there is none of this[1]. I think it makes no sense to discuss > >> > if things should have desktop files or whether it makes sense to > >> > remove the old working system. > >> > >> what do you miss from the xdg specs? > > > > The "Desktop Entry Specification" mostly describes the format, with some > > very short sentences about Name, GenericName and Comment. > > Name is the application name, as named by upstream > GenericName is a more generic name of the type of application > Comment is optional > > Name=Konsole > GenericName=Terminal > > Name=Gedit > GenericName=Editor > > Name=KDevelop > GenericName=Integrated Development Environment
What about nautilus.desktop's (at least in squeeze): Name=File Manager and no GenericName. Would that be a policy violation? Is that allowed if has a restrictive OnlyShowIn=. Must programs that are also useable outside that session type also have a menu item with a less generic name? > Comment could be something like > Comment=Launch a terminal window > Comment=Edit your text files > Comment=Develop applications I've seen quite some bug reports about those. What should it contain? A verb phrase describing what? (Might also help translations. The English text might be both an imperative or an infinitive, the German translations seem to translate it as infinitive clause). > The OnlyShowIn/NotShowIn items should normally not be used, unless there > is a tight integration between a DE and the app itself. e.g. a tool to > configure the appearance of Plasma should probably have OnlyShowIn=KDE What exceptions are there? Should there be a lintian warning about those? What about NotShownIn? Is e.g. squeeze's gnome-screenshot.desktop's NotShowIn=KDE; a bug and should it have been OnlyShowIn=GNOME; or nothing at all? > > "http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/ch6.html";. > > I guess one can write something similar. > > but basically it is syntax changes and > 's,.menu,.local/share/applications,' Well, I hope there is something similar, but getting this documentation for users is very hard to get out of the xdg specs. > > And in terms of policy I miss a better description of the Categories, > > better rules how Name/GenericName/Comment should be written and when > > OnlyShowIn/NotShownIn are to be used. > > Does my comments here clear it up for you? (then we can talk about > making docs out of it) Unless there are many bugs around currently, I think this rather needs a policy for those fields rather then simply docs. Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110419124620.ga8...@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
