On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 22:25 +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> Assume the install prefix problem is fixed somehow. What items are displayed
> in each WM's menu?
>
> Option 1: KDE only displays KDE apps, Gnome only Gnome apps. How do we decide
> what is displayed in both ('neutral' apps)
> Can the user edit the menu, and
> include some things we don't include by default, in a WM-neutral way? What
> should WMs other than KDE and Gnome display by default?
>
> Option 2: always display everything. Problems: huge menu. KDE and Gnome and
> others use different categorization. A change of the status quo, so user
> community should get a chance to veto. And when using descriptions as primary
> menu text (e.g. 'Text editor' instead of 'kwrite'/'gedit') some KDE and Gnome
> programs have similar or identical descriptions, which looks bad to new
> users.I'm aware of the issues surrounding menus, but the spec gives a lot of options. As said, we haven't dealt with it, because it is not a snag that we hit currently. I think we can basically have several menu setups fit for different tasks/DEs and either let loginmanagers choose on startup or users choose on install. I don't know what the future plans are of KDE regarding it's slotting, but if it intends to use syswide (fdo) specs like mime/icons the install alternate root is going to be the main hurdle to tackle. - foser
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