You're right. If I add a .desktop file for the
application, and run the Ubuntu Unity desktop environment, the
name of the app menu is read from the Name entry in the .desktop
file. But the Gnome Flashback desktop environment lets gtk+
display both the app menu and the window's menubar attached to the
window. And gtk+ still gets the app menu name with
g_get_application_name(), if Glib::set_application_name() has been
called. If not, Gnome Flashback also gets the app menu name from
the .desktop file.
To further complicate the issue, Unity and Gnome
Flashback/gtk+/glib seems to use slightly different algorithms for
finding the right .desktop file, when the program has been started
from the command line. I haven't investigated in detail, and I
don't want to do it. Basically it seems Gnome Flashback only
considers .desktop files with the same name as the executable
file, while Unity checks the contents of the .desktop files (the
Exec and/or the TryExec entries, I think).
If you think the issue with the app menu name needs further
investigation or documentation, please file a bug in Bugzilla,
preferably with suggestions what to do.
Kjell
Den 2014-11-27 01:07, Phil Wolff skrev:
I
am now seeing my application's name as the app menu title, and it
appeared after I created a .desktop file for the application. When
I remove the ,desktop file, the app menu title reverts to "Unknown
Application Name."
On 2014/11/26 06:32, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote:
I suppose you have seen the example at
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtkmm-documentation/tree/examples/book/application/command_line_handling.
Unfortunately it's not mentioned in the gtkmm tutorial. The
tutorial would benefit from a whole new chapter, describing
Gtk::Application and Gtk::ApplicationWindow. More volunteers
would be welcome. The gtkmm tutorial has not been kept
up-to-date with the latest changes in gtk+ and gtkmm. As an
example, the Gesture classes are not mentioned.
There is a short description of command-line options in the
section that describes Boxes,
https://developer.gnome.org/gtkmm-tutorial/stable/sec-multi-item-containers.html.en#boxes-command-line-options.
Kjell
Den 2014-11-26 13:48, Phil Wolff skrev:
I'm also running Ubuntu (14.10), and I
use the Unity desktop. I'm inclined to regard Unity as the
prime suspect, so I'll submit a bug report accordingly.
I was also looking at the changes you mention, and I think it
would be great if you could demo the handling of command-line
option and file parameters as well...
On 2014/11/26 02:03, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote:
Den 2014-11-26 05:32, Phil Wolff
skrev:
I'm looking at the example code at
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtkmm-documentation/tree/examples/book/application/app_and_win_menus.
At runtime the app menu is titled "Unknown Application
Name," but the win menus are properly titled as "File,"
"Edit," and "Notification."
Does this imply that something is missing from the code?
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I have recently pushed some changes that make the
menus/main_menu example use an application menu. Then I
noticed the same thing.
I use Ubuntu, which has two desktop environments to choose
from: Ubuntu Unity and Gnome Flashback. Ubuntu Unity shows
both the app menu and the menubar outside the application's
window, and the app menu is titled "Unknown Application
Name". Gnome Flashback shows both the app menu and the
menubar in the application's window, and the app menu is
titled "Gtk::Application Example" (or whatever name is set
with Glib::set_application_name()). Gtk+'s demo program
behaves the same.
I don't know if something is missing in these programs, or
if it's a bug in the Ubuntu Unity desktop shell. Which
operating system do you use?
Kjell
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