Re: Some constructive criticism for you

["Ali Abdin" <rafat kcsnet org>]

Nononono, you misunderstand :) the .desktop files are installed PROPERLY
into /usr/local and stuff. They do show up in the Applet menu. I click on
it. NOTHING happens. Thats the problem. If I run it from gnome-terminal it
works. Nothing is shown on the console. and for some reason I do not have a
.xsession-errors file. Any one else experiencing this? Anyone know how to
fix or how to track down this bug?
>
> Two things, one, not all programs insert themselves in to the menu.  And
I
> think GnomeICU actually installs itself into the applet menu.  Another
thing
> is, the panel menu (as far as I know) only looks two places for .desktop
> files.  One being ~/.gnome/apps and the other being PREFIX/share/apps (I
> think). If Gnome is installed in /usr/opt and the app is installed in to
> /usr/local, Gnome will have no way of telling that the .desktop file for
this
> app is in /usr/local.
>
> Personally, I see this as a problem with the app.  The applications need
to be
> able to find the Gnome shared directory and put the .desktop/.applet
files
> there instead of their installed prefix.  Then again, this could wreak
havoc
> with people who run both a devel and a stable version of Gnome in two
> different prefixes.
>
> Marcus Brubaker
> spoon@elpaso.net
> http://www.elpaso.net/~spoon
>
> The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I will
walk
> carefully.
> -Russian Proverb
>