Because menu implementations are unlikely to support a full ontology of application Categories, recommend to implementors that a submenu is provided to catch any .desktop files that slip through the cracks.
See also: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xdg/12770 --- menu/menu-spec.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/menu/menu-spec.xml b/menu/menu-spec.xml index 00665a4..919f122 100644 --- a/menu/menu-spec.xml +++ b/menu/menu-spec.xml @@ -1332,6 +1332,13 @@ that can be used to provide more fine grained information about the application. </para> + <para> + Category-based menus based on the Main Categories listed in this + specification do not provide a complete ontology for all + available applications. Category-based menu implementations + SHOULD therefore provide a "catch-all" submenu for applications + that cannot be appropriately placed elsewhere. + </para> <para> The table below lists all Main Categories. Note that category names are case-sensitive. -- 1.7.6.rc1 _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
