Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints

[joost witteveen <joostje@cistron.nl>]

Je 1999/06/19(6)/14:06, Chris Waters montris sian geniecon skribante:

> I'm also a little concerned about possible confusion for the
> individual users.  As it is now, when I install a new package, and I
> can't find the menu entry in the first place I look, I just go check
> the /usr/lib/menu/pkg file to see where the entry is.  It sounds like
> with this, I'd get no more than some possible *guesses* where the
> entry might have actually ended up in my actual menus.

First, as I have mentioned, it is all configurable, and at the moment
turned off by default. So, after installing menu-2.0.0-2, you'll
still be able to do what you described above.

Second, due to the way the menu tree is setup, you _don't_ have
to *guess* where to find the entry: All you do is look at
$section + $hints. Then, you go to the menu tree, and keep on
selecting the submenus that is mentioned in eighter $section or $hints,
untill you found the menu entry.

Wheter or not all of this is `a good thing' for everyone (including
the beginners) I don't know. 
But I have recieved quite a number of complaints about the enourmous 
number of entries in some sections (usually at places where _my_ tree
is underpopulated), and I do want to be able to give a responce
to those people.'

And, having looked at several trees generated by this version of
menu, I myself am quite pleased with the result. But that maybe
just because I've also seen the trees generated by the first
try-versions, that were less gratious (i.e. totally wrong, had
entries missing, and other stuff).

Groetjes,
joostje