On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 11:04 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 14:53 +1030, Tim wrote: > > > >> One thing I think that either camp could do better is the naming of > >> things in the menus. Gnome's idea of putting vague "text editor" > >> entries, doesn't make it easy to run a particular application, if you > >> wanted to. More so, if you have more than one installed. KDE's idea of > >> putting in an entry with just the application's name, which doesn't > >> always give any hint to its function, is just as bad. It'd be far more > >> user-friendly to list things like "Gedit text editor," or "Gaim instant > >> messenger," and so on. > > > > Ah, but you can... it's a choice in the system config thingie (Control > > Center). You can display the description, the application name or both. > > So you could have; "Gaim" or "Instant Messenger" or "Gaim Instant > > Messenger" or "Instant Messenger Gaim". Depends on which toggle you > > select. > > Except that doesn't work in some fedora-packaged apps that don't properly > use Name vs GenericName (ie, they put what should be in GenericName in > Name). Offenders include (off the top of my head): > Gaim (Instant Messenger) > Evolution (Email, Contacts) > Ekiga (IP Telephony) > Openoffice (Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, etc...) > planner (Project Management) > > In the past, when I've filed bugs to get that silliness fixed, they were > closed WontFix, but let's see if we can actually make something happen this > time around... You can do this using the built-in menu editor, for yourself... which is what I usually do, as I can enter the description to fit what I think it is! I enjoy this creative process! <grins> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
