On 08 Aug 2002 10:28:21 +0100 Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com> wrote: > I know that GNOME2 uses /usr/share/applications, and I believe KDE3 > does too. The path is specified by the VFolder spec referenced by the > policy. Okay. It still pisses me off, though :) > Here you perfectly describe the Categories field in detail :) > > I suggest you read the VFolder spec: > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/xdg-list/2002-July/000569.html > > Which describes the Categories field and the usage. My apologies. Really sorry. Okay, after reading the spec, I'm glad to see they've tried to support a more dynamic layout :) But they're still basically using a static hierarchy; though the ordering of the "categories" may be changed, they'll still remain the same. Why? Because of the static list of keywords. We've seen before that adding keywords to a standard like this is damned near impossible, whether it be for political or technical reasons. I think that for Debian's menu system, we should encourage a more freeform approach. No, we don't want people adding stuff willy-nilly. We _DO_ want to add stuff though, right? I mean, the categories listed there are pretty limited, and they're also narrowly defined. There's no "calculator" keyword, for instance. And while there's a "shell" keyword, it's defined as a "console shell", something most people will think to be a standard CLI. Anyways. Dunno :) I've had my say, take it for what it's worth ;) -- ________________________________________________________________________ \ David B. Harris, Systems administrator | http://www.terrabox.com / / eelf@sympatico.ca, elf@terrabox.com | http://eelf.ddts.net \ \======================================================================/ / Clan Barclay motto: Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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