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Re: RFC: Layout for debian menus



On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Joey Hess wrote:

> Here's my thoughts as to how the revised menu tree could look:
> 
>        Apps            -- all normal apps
>          Editors       -- editors (run it in xterm, if nothing else)
>          Net           -- mail, news, web, irc, etc
>          Programming   -- debuggers, etc
>          Shells        -- Different shells, like bash, ksh, zsh, ...
>          Tools         -- other tools: xclock, xmag, xman,
>          Viewers       -- Picture viewers, gs, ...
>          Math          -- Math apps like: gnuplot, octave, oleo,..
>          Graphics      -- xpaint, xfig, xtiff, 
>          Emulators     -- Dosemu, ...
>          Sound         --
>          System        -- system administration and monitoring
>        Games           -- games and recreations
>          Arcade        -- (any game where reflexes count)
>          Puzzles       -- Stuff from xpuzzles, ...
>          Toys          -- (oneko, xeyes, etc.)
>          Adventure     -- 
>          Board         -- Like: Gnuchess, pente, gnugo
>          Card          -- solitare, etc
>          Tetris-like   -- games involving falling blocks
>        Screen          --
>          Lock          -- xlock, etc.
>          Screen-saver  --
>          Root-window   -- things that fill the root window
>        Window-managers -- (change between fvwm, afterstep, etc)
>          Modules       -- fvwm modules, etc. 
>        XShells         -- shells (like xterm, rxvt, ...)
>                           (running the user's login shell in them).

Looks good to me. Nobody objected so far, so I think this is publicly
accepted :-)

Perhaps we could make this the policy, i.e. include it in the menu package
and perhaps the Programmers' Manual.


Cheers,

Chris

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