Xfce 4.2 : desktop menu buglets

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 10/09/04 11:05, purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
> i can submit these to bugzilla, if people prefer that.
> i mentioned these earlier & have followed up suggestions w results below.
> 
> (1) there is a typo in  xfce-iconbox-settings.desktop :
>     the last line should read 'GenericName[nl] ... ' ('[nl]' is missing).
> 
> (2) the auto-generated menu of apps is picking up  2  spurious items:
> 
>   gwenview -- submenu : Konqueror
>                         Set as tiled wallpaper
> 						Set as wallpaper
> 						
>   konqueror -- submenu : Browse with Gwenview
>                          Rename with &krename
>                          Rename with &KRename
> 						 
> these come from the dirs :  /usr/share/apps/gwenview/tools/
>                             /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
>
> which each contain  3  corresponding  .desktop  files;
> as shown by their dates, they were created by Gwenview & Krename,
> which i installed via Portage on Gentoo.

as i asked before, please file a bug and attach the .desktop files
themselves.  the information you've provided here isn't useful to me.

> generally, the auto-generated menu is an excellent idea,
> but the present implementation does seem a bit crude & limited.
> might i gently suggest it check  /usr/local/bin
> &/or a predetermined list of common apps via 'which app' ?

nope.  the blacklist is hack-y enough; i'm not willing to add a bunch
of unmaintainable crap to the codebase.  if  you want to generate menus
based on a known list of apps, try menumaker.

	-brian