Re: Bug#707851: debian-policy: soften the wording recommending menu files
2013/5/15 Bernhard R. Link <brlink@debian.org>:
> * Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> [130515 12:54]:
>> The menu layout files are XML. While the standard does not mandate the use of
>> XSLT, it requires manipulation of XML files which are equivalent to XSLT
>> processing.
>
> Window managers do not really need to be exposed to this format. The
> menu program could just read .desktop files and generate a menu for the
> window managers using the already existing menu-methods.
>
> The format is not really the problem. The problem is the missing
> contents of desktop files.
Which pieces are missing, btw.? Maybe there is a chance to include
these bits into the XDG desktop-file specification, if they make
sense. (although I assume someone already tried that)
Cheers,
Matthias
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