I'd say Slingshot should use Name in the normal view, FullName in search, and GenericName in tooltips. Window titles should show Name. On Jul 23, 2012 9:08 AM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" < ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > Following up on https://bugs.launchpad.net/beat-box/+bug/1027742, turns > out GNOME is rolling out an updated set of .desktop file guidelines, which > can be found at https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/CorrectDesktopFiles, > which kinda breaks with what we use at the moment - > http://elementaryos.org/docs/app-launchers. > > They follow the same convention as we do, except they've added > X-GNOME-Fullname key that combines Name and GenericName. For example, with > Midori having "Name=Midori" and "GenericName=Web Browser", X-GNOME-Fullname > would be "Midori Web Browser". > > For one, X-GNOME-Fullname is critical for translations. In English you can > just merge Name and GenericName to get the same result, but it's not true > for many other languages. > > The immediate problem with X-GNOME-Fullname is that right now Slingshot > prefers X-GNOME-Fullname over other entries, which leads to naming > inconsistency even in not-that-foreign apps like BeatBox, Transmission or > SteadyFlow. > > So, the question is - will we use X-GNOME-Fullname too? And, by the way, > which of the names should be shown in window title and in Slingshot? > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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