Juergen Schmied wrote:
>
> Second point: how do I switch it off? I use KDE and many others do.
> I may once implement writing native *.lnk files. We would need a point to
> switch between this 3 choices.
>
> Third Point: since we likely going to have more code like this for window-
> manager integration we night want to create special directorys for
> kde and gnome.
>
> juergen
>
Actually, why not just write .lnk files only (exactly like Windows NT does). Have a
"Start Menu\Programs" directory for each user (in the .wine directory would probably
make the most sense) and also a global "Start Menu\Programs) maybe in something like
/usr/share/wine. Of course this does mean that ~/.wine and /usr/share/wine will have
to be available as Windows drive letters.
Integration with GNOME, KDE, and [insert your desktop environment or bloated WM of
choice here] could be provided by parsing the .lnk files. GNOME already has
AnotherLevel, KDE, and Debian support. IIRC, KDE can read GNOME's menus. I would
envision a "WINE programs" item.
I assume we could provide a generic way of reading the .lnk files and provide it in an
.so that could be used by the different desktops. The .so should be able to parse the
.lnk and return the icon, the name of the menu, and the tooltip (Noticed that win2k
has these). It should also have a function that will execute the program. It should
simply run wine giving it the command line from the .lnk file.
Questions/Comments ?
-Dave
