Re: Debian menus policy

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com> writes:

> Craig Dickson wrote:
> 
> > I don't like changing the top-level menu names from nouns to verbs.
> 
> Fair enough.  My suggestion could be written using nouns thus:
> 
> Instead of:           I suggest:
> Apps                  
>    Editors            Editors
>    Text                  Text
>    Graphics              Graphics
>    Sound                 Sound
>    Programming           Programs
>    Viewers            Viewers
>    Sound              Sound players
>    Math               Calculators
>    Emulators          Interpreters
>                          Emulators
>    Shells                Console shells
>                          X shells
>    Tools              Configurators
>    System                System
>    Net                   Network
>                       Communicators
> Games                 Games
> XShells

"Viewers" is very ambiguous.  Maybe it should have have submenus like:

Viewers
   Image (eeyes, image magick, ...)
   Text (gless, xpdf, ...)
   Video (xine, xawtv, ...)

Sound almost fits under there, if you don't mind "viewing" sound.

> The main reason I presented the titles in verb form was
> to emphasize function as the basis of classification;
> however using "-ors" words is equally good, and makes
> fewer changes.

The verb forms felt weird at first, but I think they may be a more
logical choice.

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