icewm menu questions
For stable, in the icewm package, does the /etc/X11/icewm/programs file come
out-of-the-box filled with KDE apps loaded in, or is the programs file built
during installation from programs it finds available? I was using KDE and
then loaded icewm. I found that the icewm menu offers access to all the
K-apps.
Later on, I loaded OpenOffice. Much to my surprise I found the icewm menus
were modified for all the OpenOffice apps. It's mind-boggling to me that the
OpenOffice folks would recognized the lesser-known icewm and correctly manage
the menu configuration. But wait, could this be the Debian package
maintainer adding this bit of magic (http://openoffice.debian.net/)?
In contrast to the experiences described above is what happened when I loaded
Mozilla-Firebird from the upstream source. No Mozilla entries were added to
the icewm menu. I manually changed the icewm configuration in my user account
disk space to launch Mozilla from the menu.
So a pattern emerges (albiet sparse) suggesting that the app Debian Package
maintainer is responsible for hooking all the Debian supported window
managers and desktops for their supported package. Conversely, wm/desktop
maintainers are responsible for dynamically building a menu that hooks all
the currently installed apps on the machine. Is this how things work in
Debian? No small task if it is.
--
Mike Mueller
Registration No. 324881 (08/20/2003)
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