2009/8/2 Albert Astals Cid <aa...@kde.org>: > > As i said, the problem is that trying to use the two keys to create a third > one is wrong and software that does that should be fixed not to.
[cut] > The question is, do we REALLY need a new key? What's the use case? Menus only? > If it's menus, can't we just work out our menus better like for example KDE > KickOff does[1] to avoid making translators have even more work than the one > they have? The use case (i.e. the need to expose in the UI Name+GenericName) that come in my mind is File -> Open with $Application in file manager (and any other method to "link" file type and application). I suppose the KickOff approach is inapplicable here. Let me assume that both KDE and GNOME are installed, choosing to use only Name, we'll have (html file, for example) Open with Firefox Open with Konqueror Open with Gedit Open with Kwrite Open with Emacs Open with OpenOffice.org Writer This way doesn't explain what the application does, users have to know this in advance. Choosing to use only GenericName Open with Web Browser Open with Web Browser Open with Text Editor Open with Text Editor Open with Text Editor Open with Word Processor Icons are needed to differentiate applications, and users will have to associate application icon and name (really really really bad for visually impaired people) The third solution is use FullName Open with Firefox Web Browser Open with Konqueror Web Browser Open with Emacs Text Editor Open with Kwrite Text Editor Open with Gedit Text Editor Open with OpenOffice.org Writer Word Processor [1] or programmatically collate Name and GenericName Open with Web Browser (Firefox) Open with Web Browser (Konqueror) Open with Text Editor (Kwrite) Open with Text Editor (Emacs) Open with Text Editor (Gedit) Open with Word Processor (OpenOffice.org Writer) Any other use case? [1] so long, I know :( _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg