On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:11:54PM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > On 2008-07-09, Chris Waters wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:05:11AM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) > wrote: > > > -> AFAIK there's no fundamental reason why Debian couldn't switch > > > from menu to .desktop to specify the desktop entries (aside from the > > > necessary coding not having been done to adapt menu to do so)
I disagree with that statement. I provided sufficient rationale in the past, so I will only give some example: menu support dynamically generated menu entries (using executable menu files) in the default configuration. > > Debian menu files specify things that .desktop files don't and (in > > their current incarnation) can't. Most notably, the "needs" field. > > The .desktop files have a simple boolean flag for "runs in terminal". > > That's inadequate for Debian's needs. For example, Fvwm modules > > *must* be invoked by Fvwm. It would be pointless and stupid to put > > them in any menu but Fvwm's. So, the Fvwm modules need "fvwmmodule", > > not "text" or"x11". That's simply not possible with .desktop files. > > > The OnlyShowIn field of .desktop files, is meant exactly for the above use It does not: the XDG draft specify the value for OnlyShowIn: these are Desktop Menu Specification, Annex B. Registered OnlyShowIn Environments GNOME GNOME Desktop KDE KDE Desktop ROX ROX Desktop XFCE XFCE Desktop Old Legacy menu systems this list does not include FVWM. I disagree with using .desktop files for something outside the XDG menu specifications. I disagree with using Debian-specific extension to the XDG menu specifications for using them outside the XDG menu specifications. This will only lead to confusion between real .desktop files and Debian specific .desktop files. Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
