Bug#515837: [PROPOSAL] add Applications/Window Management to menu sub-policy
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 08:24:08PM +0200, Ignace Mouzannar wrote: Hello, I am having some trouble finding the proper menu section to place my application Alltray [1]. Alltray lets you minimize to the system tray any windowed application. I found this bug report, and thought that fbpager and Alltray could both benefit of (and fit into) a category like: Applications/Window Management. I am not sure this would be the proper name to go with, but would it be feasible to add such a section to the menu sub-policy [2]? Hello Ignace and Sean, Sorry for the long delay. Generally we need at least three apps before creating a new menu section. The issue here is that most window management softwares are specific to a single window manager. In that case, they are best handled with a window-manager-specific needs field, so they are only displayed in the relevant window manager. This fall outside of the menu subpolicy list. As far as I understand, this is the case of fbpager which only work in fluxbox. AllTray is special since it works with most window managers. We need to find similar tools before deciding on the section name. Maybe the package 'docker' is similar ? Cheers, -- Bill. ballo...@debian.org Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#515837: [PROPOSAL] add Applications/Window Management to menu sub-policy
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:10, Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr wrote: Hello Ignace and Sean, Sorry for the long delay. Generally we need at least three apps before creating a new menu section. The issue here is that most window management softwares are specific to a single window manager. In that case, they are best handled with a window-manager-specific needs field, so they are only displayed in the relevant window manager. This fall outside of the menu subpolicy list. As far as I understand, this is the case of fbpager which only work in fluxbox. AllTray is special since it works with most window managers. We need to find similar tools before deciding on the section name. Maybe the package 'docker' is similar ? Hello Bill, It seems that the 'docker' package is indeed in a similar situation as 'alltray'. Its menu file indicates its section as 'Applications/Viewers', which, IMO, does not seem to fit right. The 'stalonetray' application, a freedesktop.org and KDE systray implementation, seems to be in a similar case too? Its menu file indicates 'Applications/System/Administration'. I am not sure that this could be relevant (as the package is not yet in Debian), but I was about [1] to package Kdocker [2] that fits the description. It is very similar to alltray, with some added features. It use the qt libraries, but works perfectly under gnome. Cheers, Ignace M [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583796 [2] https://launchpad.net/kdocker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#515837: [PROPOSAL] add Applications/Window Management to menu sub-policy
Hello, I am having some trouble finding the proper menu section to place my application Alltray [1]. Alltray lets you minimize to the system tray any windowed application. I found this bug report, and thought that fbpager and Alltray could both benefit of (and fit into) a category like: Applications/Window Management. I am not sure this would be the proper name to go with, but would it be feasible to add such a section to the menu sub-policy [2]? Thank you for your consideration, Ignace M [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/alltray.html [2] Below is a patch to the current menu sub-policy: 8--8 --- menu-policy.sgml.orig 2010-05-30 19:56:30.0 +0200 +++ menu-policy.sgml2010-05-30 20:14:23.0 +0200 @@ -367,6 +367,13 @@ programming, and site administration./p pExamples: bluefish, screem, gphpedit/p /item + tagApplications/Window Management/tag + item +pTools that let you manage windows on your + desktop (minimizing applications to system + tray, pager)./p +pExamples: alltray, fbpager/p + /item /taglist /p /item 8--8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
