On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:23:13PM +0900, Miles Bader scribbled: > Luke Seubert <ls.maillist@verizon.net> writes: > > > In all cases I think it is imperative that all menus available in > > > Debian be auto-generated acording to the installed packages. > > > > Certainly the advanced menu would fit this criteria. > > > > However, the Basic Menu needs to be kept utterly simple, otherwise, it > > defeats the purpose of such a menu in the first place. > > Are `utterly simple' and `auto-generated acording to the installed > packages' incompatible? > > Even if the set of apps in a Basic Menu were hand-tailored (as may be > necessary), it should at least automatically remove anything that isn't > installed. if the vFolder stuff is used, then I imagine it would be possible to tag entries as "basic", "advanced", "deluxe" etc.? > Anyway, I think of a Basic Menu as being more like a filter through > which the normal menus are passed, rather than a totally separate thing. Definitely. It's a filter for a newbie user so that they don't get confused. And as with every filter, one can easily remove it and enjoy the full glory of the menus. marek
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