Re: Name vs GenericName (again)

[Karl Lattimer <karl qdh org uk>]

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 15:15 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le vendredi 25 juillet 2008, à 15:58 +0300, Karl Lattimer a écrit :
> > On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 14:52 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > In GNOME, we generally only use Name. Which mean gedit appears as "Text
> > > Editor" and Totem as "Movie Player". Makes a lot of sense to me.
> > > However, if you install another text editor or movie player, we end up
> > > with something like "Text Editor" and "GVIM" in the menus, or "Movie
> > > Player" and "VLC Movie Player", etc.
> > > 
> > > It doesn't really help that much. I'd like to propose the following:
> > > 
> > >  + define at the fd.o level some standard GenericName values (Text
> > >    Editor, Movie Player, Calculator, etc.)
> > >  + start using those GenericName values in .desktop files in GNOME
> > 
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426196
> > 
> > I provided this patch an ice age ago to let us edit the generic name tag
> > easily by modifying the place in the gnome panel where the .desktop file
> > editing occurs. 
> > 
> > If we apply this patch then at least we'll have a feature exposed in the
> > UI. Then its not exactly a difficult matter of editing the files. 
> > 
> > Can we include this patch in 2.24 then worry about the rest for 2.26?
> 
> We don't use GenericName anywhere so making it editable wouldn't help us
> for now.

It is currently used in GNOME main menu. Plus we don't want to end up in
a cart before the horse situation, if we make it editable, then people
can edit it ready for when it becomes a feature. 

BR,
 K