Re: [Cooker] Needed Linux Feature
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, David D.Stanton (Armisis Aieoln) wrote: We need to find a way to make a common menu file or a utility which automagicly converts the standard menu format to what ever desktop your running with a simple menu editor, and a feature that allows you to scan for utilities and programs to add to the menu and place in a given sub-menu, or whatever you need... I find this a viable idea because it would make the menus standard in design for ease of use and if you install a new program the RPM or a build of a new source should automaticly ask where in your desktop menu to place the program referance for easy of execution. any ideas or suggestions on this topic? Such a tool is in our TODO list. -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable idiots. Until now, universe leads the race" -- R. Cook
Re: [Cooker] Needed Linux Feature
"David D.Stanton (Armisis Aieoln)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We need to find a way to make a common menu file or a utility which automagicly converts the standard menu format to what ever desktop your running with a simple menu editor, and a feature that allows you to scan No: 1. the format for the desktops is provided by the /etc/menu-methods/* 2. the standard menu format shall only be accessed (and not the format for the desktops) 3. vince ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is currently writing the menu editor with C/Gtk ; please direct to him any suggestions for utilities and programs to add to the menu and place in a given sub-menu, or whatever you need... This is not really possible, the menu entries have to be provided by the packages. We lack a viable IA for that.. I find this a viable idea because it would make the menus standard in design for ease of use and if you install a new program the RPM or a build of a new source should automaticly ask where in your desktop menu to place the program referance for easy of execution. Strange/difficult/boring idea. (boring for the user at each install of each rpm) (and possible a problem because you may have several binaries in each package, each of need a description, icons, etc) -- Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Needed Linux Feature
Great thats why im a die hard mandrake user! dave On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, David D.Stanton (Armisis Aieoln) wrote: We need to find a way to make a common menu file or a utility which automagicly converts the standard menu format to what ever desktop your running with a simple menu editor, and a feature that allows you to scan for utilities and programs to add to the menu and place in a given sub-menu, or whatever you need... I find this a viable idea because it would make the menus standard in design for ease of use and if you install a new program the RPM or a build of a new source should automaticly ask where in your desktop menu to place the program referance for easy of execution. any ideas or suggestions on this topic? Such a tool is in our TODO list. -- Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable idiots. Until now, universe leads the race" -- R. Cook -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Registration #182490 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX - Why? Cause I dont do windows or ovens! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
