On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 07:19:57PM +0200, Eckhart Wörner wrote: > Package: widelands > Version: build9half-9 > Severity: wishlist > > KDE (and probably also Gnome) use *.desktop files to add programs to the main > menu. > IMHO widelands should get a widelands.desktop file as well. That file should > be installed to /usr/share/applications/ > > Draft for such a desktop file: > > [Desktop Entry] > Version=1.0 > Encoding=UTF-8 > Type=Application > Name=Widelands > GenericName=Strategy Game > GenericName[af]=Strategie-spel > GenericName[ca]=Joc d'estrategia > GenericName[de]=Strategiespiel > GenericName[dk]=Strategi-spil > GenericName[eu]=Estrategiako jokoa > GenericName[fr]=Jeu de stratégie > GenericName[he]=משחק אסטרטגיה > GenericName[hu]=Stratégia > GenericName[ru]=Стратегическая игра > GenericName[sk]=Strategická hra > Comment=A a real-time build-up strategy game > Comment[de]=Echtzeitbasiertes Aufbau-Strategiespiel > Icon=/usr/share/games/widelands/pics/wl-ico-64.png > Pattern=widelands > TryExec=widelands > Exec=widelands > Categories=Application;Game;StrategyGame; > > The file has been created using some information from the wesnoth.desktop > file. Note that the translation is incomplete. > It should follow the specification at > http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ > > Perhaps this should also go to the mainstream package.
Wait a sec. Isn't this what the debian menu system is supposed to do? I'm a bit lost here. I really thought that the debian menu system was enough here. Could you please point me to some sort of documentation about the relationship between debian menu system and desktop files? Thanks for your precious help concerning the packaging of widelands. Martin Quinson. -- It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off. -- Woody Allen.
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