Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools
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Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I was looking at the new menu structure to adopt it into my package,
>> fbpanel[1], that before it was in Apps/Tools. Now this section is been
>> removed and there's nothing else like this.
>
> I don't see an obvious place for this one either. Window Managers/Tools
> would mean that menu is both a top-level category and a subcategory,
> though, which I think was intentionally avoided.
Yes. The intention was to have a balanced menu.
> I do see the need for some sort of general category for that kind of
> thing. Applications/Tools is way too general-sounding, though, and I
> agree with removing that.
What about System/Administration? It fits there because a) it changes
the way your desktop environment behaves, and b) you would usually only
start it once per session.
A separate section may not make much sense, because the number of
similar applications is quite low, and most user would only have a
couple of them installed.
>> Actually we have a section for FVWM and another for Window Maker, but
>> nothing for the others WMs. Why?
>
> Maybe those two actually have a pile of modules for which it makes sense
> to create menu items? The idea of those menu sections as I understand it
> is that they're hidden for all other window managers.
Yes. These modules do not work in incompatible WM's, so they are hidden
to avoid confusion. Other WM's either do not use modules, or manage them
internally, so they do not need such sections.
As far as I see it, this is not the case for fbpanel, as it does not
depend on specific WM.
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