Re: [PATCH and PROPOSAL] Fix .desktop files

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

Il giorno mer, 19-01-2005 alle 12:27 +0100, Alexander Larsson ha
scritto:
> On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 22:58 +0100, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> > The new panel manu layout (Application/Places/Desktop) has some
> > influence in/from nautilus:
> >      1. Places->Home is fetched from nautilus-home.desktop. Here the
> >         used icon is "gnome-home" but it should be "gnome-fs-home"
> >      2. The File Browser entry is now hidden
> > 
> > Proposed fix
> >      1. Use "gnome-fs-home"
> >      2. Edit nautilus.desktop.in to put this entry in Applications-
> >         >Sytem Tools (and add startup notification) as a simple
> >         appliacation. Eventually add it under Applications->Accessories
> > 
> > A patch is attached
> > 
> > PS no cvs access for me.
> 
> I'm not sure why you added startup notification. It doesn't actually
> seem to handle that well, at least if nautilus is already running.

Oh, it works odd. I didn't try it, sorry #-(

But I have to wait 4~5 sec.[1] before the window is showed. And I
suppose we have to notify that the system is launching the application.

> Why "Eventually"in Applications->Accessories? Do you think that is a
> better place or not? Personally i think both places are a bit hidden for
> something like this. But for now I'll apply the patch (without startup
> notify).

>From the user's point of view the "File Browser" is an application such
as the "Text Editor" or the "System Monitor". Maybe a special
application, but we are spatial, so it's an application :-) [2]

All applications are places somewhere in the Application menu. IMHO both
Accessories (category comment: "Desktop accessories") and System Tools
(category comment: "System configuration and monitoring") are good for
"File Browser". So I'm agnostic.

Moreover this entry is just a "fallback": the main UI is the spatial and
for a quick browse you can right click on folders. And if you frequently
need the "File Browser", you can add a launcher on panel.

Maybe some other people could like a "Open File Browser" entry on
desktop popup menu.

Open File Browser
Open Terminal
-------------------
Create ...
...

but if you frequently need the browser UI, then is better if you select
in preferences

        [x] Always open in browser windows

Personally a "File Browser" entry in Applications->SOMEWHERE is OK.

[1] on my test build with CFLAGS="-g"
[2] see John Siracusa's article on arstechnica.com 

-- 
Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>