Bug#209257: debian menu system and capital letters
Package: menu
Severity: normal
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 04:10:20PM +0100, Jason Chambers <chambersj@thingy.org.uk> was heard to say:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:45:49PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A small annoyance I have with debian's menu system is an inconsistency
> > in the naming of programs on the menus:
> >
> > Apps/Tools
> > ASclock
> > EditRes
> > Oclock
> > ...
> > bbpager
> > docker
> > ...
> >
> > The ordering of the menu is dictated by the menu system rather than my
> > window manager. I would like the menu to be alphabetical, but the
> > existing ordering (alphanumerical I presume) would suffice if the
> > packages all agreed on starting either with a capital or a lower-case
> > letter.
>
> You can get the case ignored when ordering by adding the following
> to /etc/menu-methods/menu.h.
>
> sort=tolower($title)
This should be the default. Filing a severity 'normal' bug because
case-sensitive sorting here is absolutely terrible UI. [when case has
an agreed-upon meaning, as in Unix filenames, there may be some
justification, but when it's just haphazard, as in menu files, it should
be ignored]
There is probably an argument for consistent capitalization on
aesthetic grounds, but I'll let someone else make it.
Daniel
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