On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:20:37 +0200 Stephen Smally <[email protected]> wrote:
> Il 26/06/2012 13:12, Christoph Wickert ha scritto: > > Am Dienstag, den 26.06.2012, 11:01 +0200 schrieb Stephen Smally: > >> Hi guys, i've been working on a Lxde Control Center for the past two > >> days and is coming up nicely. I saw that some lxde applications have > >> "X-LXDE-Settings" in the .desktop file (Categories key), e.g. > >> lxappearance. My questions are: > >> 1 - Should Lxde Control Center lists X-LXDE-Settings only applications > >> or all the applications which contain Settings in the .desktop file > >> (e.g. lxrandr doesn't have X-LXDE-Settings because is not strictly > >> Lxde-related)? (or there should be an option or so) > > > > I think it should use a custom /etc/xdg/menus/lxde-control-center.menu > > file. This will allow us to not only create groups but also define an > > order. And we could then reference this menu file in in > > lxde-application.menu and lxlauncher.menu and have a consistent layout > > across all three. > > > > I fixed lxinput, lxrandr and others to consistently include the > > 'X-LXDE-Settings' category. > > > >> 2 - It's possible to update the .desktop files of all the lxde settings > >> apps (lxinput, lxrandr ...) and put in some unique Key? I talked to > >> Julien Lavergne about this and he suggested something like this: > >> [Desktop Entry] > >> Type=Application > >> Name=Customize Look and Feel > >> GenericName=Customize Look and Feel > >> Comment=Customizes look and feel of your desktop and applications > >> Icon=preferences-desktop-theme > >> Exec=lxappearance > >> NotShowIn=GNOME;XFCE; > >> StartupNotify=true > >> Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings;GTK; > >> X-LXDE-Settings=Look & Feel > > > > I think we should rather stick to categories. This will make it easier > > to use existing tools like desktop-file-edit. Adding another key adds > > more complexity. > > > >> The current layout is this: > >> http://imagebin.org/index.php?mode=image&id=218024 > > > > Looks awesome! What languate is it written in? > > > >> I will soon push a branch or a git repo (btw, where can i push the git > >> repo?), suggestions or patches are welcome. > > > > Someone needs to grant you privileges, but it seems I am not in the > > position to do it. I only have commit acces and am admin of the bug > > tracker, not the project itself. > > > > Can someone please take care of Stephen's request or make me an admin so > > I can do it? > > > > Kind regards, > > Christoph > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Lxde-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list > > > > Thank you Christoph! Lxde Control Center is written in Vala, using > GLib/GIO to retrieve the apps list. Is right to parse a menu file with > libmenu-cache, isn't it? > > Also, i'm quite a noob with git, so i don't really know how to push > correctly... > > Let me know, Regards > > Stephen Smally Hi, Someone at PCLinuxOS has already worked on one which does work and is currently used. Maybe would you want to have a look at it ? This is a link to the source package: http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/SRPMS.main/lxdecc-0.2.3.3-5pclos2011.src.rpm Regards, Mélodie -- Mélodie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
