On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:18:46 -0600, Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:49:45PM -0200, Felipe Almeida Lessa > wrote: >> I think only one thing is blocking the whole idea of moving from >> Debian Menu style to freedesktop.org style: the work that need to >> be done. In other words, people don't wanna use the .desktop format >> because the have already write a debian/menu. > Then extend the functionality of the Debian menu system to use > .desktop format as both an OPTIONAL target and an optional SOURCE. > Doing so might ease the burden and barrier to utilizing .desktop > files. It only stands to reason that if both the KDE and Gnome > desktop camps wish to formalize on the format that we should adopt > it as well, if only as an extension of our menu system. We would > have to generate .desktop files anyway, when Gnome and KDE move form > their own native menu formats. You talk as if the whole universe of window managers is merely gnome and kde. manoj -- We cannot command nature except by obeying her. Sir Francis Bacon Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C