Re: [gentoo-dev] Session/.desktop WM compatibility, DM unification

[foser <foser@gentoo.org>]

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On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 22:25 +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> Assume the install prefix problem is fixed somehow. What items are displayed 
> in each WM's menu?
> 
> Option 1: KDE only displays KDE apps, Gnome only Gnome apps. How do we decide 
> what is displayed in both ('neutral' apps)
>  Can the user edit the menu, and 
> include some things we don't include by default, in a WM-neutral way? What 
> should WMs other than KDE and Gnome display by default?
> 
> Option 2: always display everything. Problems: huge menu. KDE and Gnome and 
> others use different categorization. A change of the status quo, so user 
> community should get a chance to veto. And when using descriptions as primary 
> menu text (e.g. 'Text editor' instead of 'kwrite'/'gedit') some KDE and Gnome 
> programs have similar or identical descriptions, which looks bad to new 
> users.

I'm aware of the issues surrounding menus, but the spec gives a lot of
options. As said, we haven't dealt with it, because it is not a snag
that we hit currently. 

I think we can basically have several menu setups fit for different
tasks/DEs and either let loginmanagers choose on startup or users choose
on install.

I don't know what the future plans are of KDE regarding it's slotting,
but if it intends to use syswide (fdo) specs like mime/icons the install
alternate root is going to be the main hurdle to tackle.

- foser

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