On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 01:40:58AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> -- until there exists a mechanism to convert .desktop entries into
> things that the back-end WM's can grok, we are stymied
Agreed.
> (since we have a system that works, however imperfectly, and dropping
> support for these window mangers would be a regression).
Never suggested it. Personally, I like menu files. They're simple,
direct, and provide a great service to Debian.
> The other part is, of course, teaching developers how to write the
> .desktop menu item, and I for one, have never seen one.
That hasn't stopped us before. ;-p I agree though, it's a learning
process. I haven't looked at the menu code, so I don't know how
difficult it'ld be to "throw in" a .desktop file parser/converter.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't ever suggest abandoning Debian menu. I
only suggested that participating in something that may turn out to be a
"standard" amongst desktop environments will only benefit us.
--
Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
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