Re: Definite menu code rewrite (update - Jul 23)
I'm also trying to get my usb floppy to work... if you find a way to do it, could you tell me?
No dia Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:26:06 -0500
Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> escreveu
> After some intenstive coding last night (nothing like an empty room
> with no net access or TV - just an air conditioner, a desk and a
> lamp), I now have a reasonable amount of code to convert Debian menu
> entries into .desktop files, complete with a reasonable Categories
> field. What's not done is any sort of parsing of the hints that seem
> to be in use, but I'll try to get to that soonish; in any event,
> proper .desktop files by maintainers will require some edits. I'm
> also not entirely sure how to make Emacs recognize that .desktop files
> are UTF-8 encoded (cating them in uxterm seems to work fine though -
> probably just my non-familiarity with Unicode talking here). Finally,
> I need to figure out how to get the USB floppy on my laptop system
> working so I can transfer files (sneakernet is fun!).
>
> Next project: come up with some sort of generic code for parsing a
> .desktop file that can be used for the new-style menu-method files
> (which will not live in /etc/menu-methods... probably
> /etc/debmenu-methods instead), and an example that works with Sawfish
> (since that's what I use).
>
> Also to be done: a draft policy proposal (probably just a separate
> subpolicy to replace the existing menu policy).
>
>
> Chris
> --
> Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> - http://www.lordsutch.com/chris/
>
--
/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
@ ++++*++++ @
@ Vinicius Kursancew -> linux@vkcorp.org @
@ Birthdate: 25 aug 1985 @
@ ESCOLA TÉCNICA TUPY @
# Linux user #271173, user since 1997 #
@ ircname: vedder @
@ Lastest distro: debian sid @
@ ID: 0xA70B183C @
@ FINGERPRINT: @
x BF2F DC71 CF14 1B1A B241 65FD 6EFC 8B6B A70B 183C x
x public server: keyserver.net x
@ ++++*++++ @
\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: