Re: warning: menu-command-not-in-package

[p@dirac.org (Peter Jay Salzman)]

On Mon 13 Dec 04,  9:07 PM, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> said:
> also sprach Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> [2004.12.13.2055 +0100]:
> >    ?package(yadex): needs="x11" section="Games/Arcade" title="yadex" \
> >            hints="Doom,3D" command="x-terminal-emulator -e /usr/games/yadex"
> 
> Make that 'needs="text"'... you need not worry about the terminal
> emulator. Please read the manual!
> 
>   http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30046/2/menu-one-file.html#s3.4
 
I don't think I want 'needs="text"'.  According to the manual:

   X11: if this program runs under X11. 

   text: if it runs under a terminal. X11 window managers will
         spawn a X terminal emulator.

A terminal is a very general thing.  A virtual console is a terminal.  You
can have terminals over a serial connection.

But in order to yadex, you MUST have x11.  For example, you cannot use this
program in a virtual console.  It's an absolute must to have x11.  The
program is completely useless without x11.

My reading of the manual is that 'needs="text' is for something that can be
run from any kind of terminal, like nethack, nmixer, mpg123, or mp3blaster.
That doesn't describe yadex at all.

Should I really still change needs to "text"?

Thanks!
Pete

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