RE: Feature suggestions for GNOME-compliant WMs

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

Well, the logout menuitem wouuld not be in an applications menu. It would be
in the root menu. If a window manager wants to implament logout, all it has
to do is read in the logout.desktop.

Besides. I was under the impression the ".desktop" concept was created so
that universal launchers can be created for all programs. That is why it is
".desktop" and not kde style ".gnome" files. Desktop data should be shared
between all programs/wm's.
.desktop!=gnome

As an example, enlightenment could easily replace its own menu code with
code that just reads in the desktop files. It would make enlightenment more
flexable. The same goes for wm's like FVWM. Instead of using one big menu
file, it could be redone to read in desktops.

One of the biggest problems I see is that when a program like "Civ: CTP"
comes out, there is no way for it to distribute desktop icons for every
environment. It would be verry nice for programmers to only have to write a
<programname>.desktop and place it in a nutral place like /usr/share/apps.
Then enlightenment, gnome, kde, fvwm, and all the other programs can get at
the info...

-----Original Message-----
From: James Ramsey [mailto:jjramsey_6x9eq42@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 9:52 AM
To: gnome-list@gnome.org
Subject: RE: Feature suggestions for GNOME-compliant WMs




> --- "Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com> wrote:
> > If you wanted to do this, why not have the logout
> > menu entry be a real
> > entry... something like:
> > 
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Name=Logout
> > Comment=Go bye bye
> > TryExec=save-session --kill
> > Exec=save-session --kill
> > Icon=logout.png
> > Terminal=0
> > Type=Application
> > 
> > Then a user can change it to whatever they want...
--James Ramsey wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing (wrongly?) that's for an entry for
> either the GNOME menu
> or for a Desktop icon. I'm talking about having a
> GNOME-compliant WM's
> root menu work more smoothly with GNOME.

--- "Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com> wrote:
> Yes. To integrate smoothly, a wm will probably
> implament the gnome menus
> within its own. This menu entry will be one of
> them... Then they dont have
> to do any extra coding.

That assumes that the root menu contains a submenu that's a GNOME menu.
AFAIK, E is the only GNOME-compliant WM that does this. Also, is a user
more likely to look for a "Logout" entry in a submenu or in the root
menu entry smack in front of them that says "Exit" or "Logout"? Also,
putting a "save-session --kill" entry into the GNOME menu would look
awfully strange if the user were to access the GNOME menu from the
panel; "Logout" doesn't seem to belong in an "Applications" menu. This
is still basically a workaround, and IMHO, a worse workaround than
putting "save-session --kill" in the main root menu.

===


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