Menus and ConsoleOnly category

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz ankry at green.mif.pg.gda.pl
Fri May 13 13:34:16 CEST 2005


Patrys :: Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> 
> An average user does not need menu entries for programs like bc, dc,
> elinks, ftp, lftp, links, lsof, lynx, ncftp and other console apps.
> 
> The question is:
> 
> Should I split the /etc/xdg/menus from gnome-menus package into a
> gnome-menus-filter-default subpackage and provide an alternative
> gnome-menus-filter-noconsole subpackage that filters them out or should
> I split said programs to have an optional APPNAME-X11 subpackage
> including only the desktop files?

Decision whether some spplication should be visible or not should be user,
tot admin decision. It should be configurable. And user should be able
do switch easily to the opposite case.

Does a separate package provide such a functionality?

> I want to make the menus more clean and usable.
> 
> No flaming needed. I want serious comments and ideas. No, suggesting
> that your desktop environment is better won't help nor make your penis
> any larger.

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