[Thunar-dev] Bug 6050: thunar-volman shows up in non-XFCE menu

[Peter de Ridder]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Tanjeff-N. Moos <tanjeff at cccmz.de> wrote:

> Hello devs,
>
> some time ago I opened the bug 6050
> (https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6050) which was discussed
> controversially, then closed. Harald Judt asked me to discuss the topic
> on the mailing list, so that a wider audience participates the
> discussion. I hope that this is the correct list :)
>
>
> Here is my original request:
>
>   The thunar-volman "Removable Drives and Media" shows up in the GNOME
>   settings menu, and possibly in others, too (KDE? LXDE?).
>
>   However, this is a thunar bug: in the
>   file /usr/share/applications/thunar-volman-settings.desktop, the line
>       OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
>   should be added to indicate that this is a XFCE-specific item.
>
>
> The arguments so far were:
> - Why would anyone install thunar-volman without thunar on a DE that
>   has a filemanager and very likely a volman too?
>   - When multiple users are sharing the same computer, multiple DE
>     might be installed. The thunar-settings should not show up in the
>     "wrong" DE, then.
>

Thunar is part of the Xfce core, but is not limited to the Xfce desktop.
The Xfce desktop is modular in a way you can replace parts with 3rd-party
components or use parts of xfce in other desktops.
I know a fair amount of users who use Thunar outside the Xfce desktop.
I think it is worse to not show when you want it, as to the otherway around.
Meaning I don't want OnlyShowIn.


> - The thunar-setting is named "Removable Drives and Media" in the menu,
>   which is very similar to the equivalent GNOME-settings, for example.
>   This can be very confusing to users.
>

If there are desktops which also provide this and do not have the modular
design or just install everything be default, we could add exceptions for
them.
Adding NotShowIn=GNOME for example.
This list should be taken with care, as we don't know how the user wants to
Thunar+volman and in which DE they use it.
If the users installed multiple DE it might just be up to the user to add
these lines.


> So let the discussion begin :-)
>
> Kind regards, Tanjeff
>
>
Regards,
Peter
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