Menu location for CD-R software?
Hi,
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Recently, I finally decided to try burning CD's in Debian. So I
installed 4 or 5 of the CD recording software packages to see which
one I liked best.
Then I went to go find them in the KDE menus. Results presented in
the format <menu> : <application menu name>
Applications : CDBakeOven, KreateCD
Debian->Apps->System : cdrtoaster, X-cd-roast
Debian->Apps->Tools : KreateCD, cdbakeoven
Multimedia : nothing
Utilities->Debian : KreateCD, cdbakeoven
This seems somewhat counter-intuitive to me, and probably the sort
of issue worth resolving as part of getting more serious about Linux
on the desktop. I don't see anything relevant in the menu sub-policy
(yes, I actually looked for and found such a thing--good on you for
having it), and I can easily understand making a distinction between
"system" cd-burning software for backups and "multimedia" software
for making audio or video CD's or DVD's. But if that was the idea
here, I don't understand.
So, a few ideas, in case they help:
. Perhaps add something to menu-policy clarifying where this
category of software belongs
. How about making sub-menus in Multimedia called "players"
and "recorders"? Maybe KDE limits your flexibility here...
. Consider simplifying the menu locations of these packages
cheers,
Matt
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