Bug#247365: xfce4 in kdm menu
The current default directory for kdm sessions desktop files is
/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions. There were 45 files there on my sid system
with KDE 3.2.2. It appears kdm does a great job of sorting out which of
these is actually installed, then throws the right ones up for me to choose on
the kdm session menu. No editing of /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc is required to install a
new session manager. No SessionTypes list need be entered. The KDE 3.2.2 session
editor is defunct now anyway. Just put the appropriate .desktop file in the de
facto default directory, and we're in business. I am not sure how well the
other desktop managers cope with .desktop files which point to nothing. Maybe
that is why they do not want to impose all these files onto another
directory shared with other desktop managers.
Point is, until the desktop managers learn to play together or include
needed .desktop files in their sessions list directories, for the sake of all
of the users up to their knees in blood, I humbly request
windowmanager/desktopenvironment/session package maintainers put their .desktop
files in the actual current working default directories of each desktop
manager. ie for kdm the directory is /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions/ and for xcfe4
the file is xfce4.desktop.
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