> To me it means that the application is in control of what
> appears in the
> jumplist, not necessarily that it is responsible for
> specifying the
> exact set of items. So I can imagine some "gnome-recent-items"
> action
> which is translated appropriately by the shell if included in
> the .desktop file, but I would not expect anything in the
> jumplist if
> the application does not specify anything.
>
>
> However if the app doesn't specify a list why not have a fallback
> option.
> Mostly you will end up using it in cases like gedit, rhythmbox, totem,
> epiphany and event documents. In that case I suggest the usage of
> zeitgeist and not gtk.recentmanager. Since such lists are dynamic i
> don't find it appropriate to keep updating the .desktop file with
> recently/most used every time the app is used. If apps really would do
> that I would suggest them push directly into zeitgeist.
I did not suggest updating the .desktop file, I suggested "special"
actions applications could specify to request certain content, for
instance a list of recent items. (Obviously that would only be step
three, after deciding whether the feature is wanted and implementing the
basic functionality).
