Bastian, Waldo wrote:
> The landing page for XdgUtils is
> http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/XdgUtils
>
> Some additional links from www.freedesktop.org would be a good idea,
> yes. I'm happy to hear that you volunteered for that task :-)
I've done this with Software; I wanted to shout it higher
and louder, but didn't really see an appropriate place :-(.
>
> Some notes about how XdgUtils can be used in Appendix C of the menu spec
> seems appropriate indeed. If someone can propose a patch for that, that
> would be most helpful.
Touche. Patch attached.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Index: menu-spec.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/menus/menu-spec/menu-spec.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.32 menu-spec.xml
--- menu-spec.xml 19 Sep 2006 20:02:29 -0000 1.32
+++ menu-spec.xml 16 Nov 2006 20:55:27 -0000
@@ -1966,6 +1966,17 @@
</appendix>
<appendix id="third-party-howto">
<title>Integrating your application in the menus</title>
+ <sect1 id="xdg-utils">
+ <title>Handy tip: use xdg-utils instead</title>
+ <para>
+ Many software creators will prefer to use the
+ <ulink url="http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/XdgUtils";>xdg-utils</ulink>
+ scripts xdg-desktop-menu and xdg-desktop-icon to create menus and icons.
+ These scripts are simple to use and will enable you to install your software in conformance with
+ this specification without having to understand and implement the full
+ details of this specification.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="adding-items">
<title>Adding menu items</title>
<para>
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