getting seen in the settings manager

[Christian Dywan]

Am Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:39:43 +0200
schrieb Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org>:

> Am Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:31:23 -0700
> schrieb "Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 at cornell.edu>:
> 
> > Hey guys,
> > 
> > Currently xfce4-settings-manager will only show apps that have
> > X-XfceSettingsDialog in Categories in their .desktop file.  This has
> > annoyed me since I first did it, because it's lame.
> > 
> > We already use our special non-standard X-XFCE category all over the
> > place.  Would it make sense to ditch X-XfceSettingsDialog entirely,
> > and key off "X-XFCE" + the (standard) "DesktopSettings"?
> > 
> > If no objections, I'll make this change in the settings manager
> > sometime soon.  Most of the dialogs already have those two
> > categories, and X-XfceSettingsDialog can be removed at your leisure.
> 
> I wouldn't mind. 
> 
> Another thing you already mentioned some time ago: What about dropping
> the "Xfce 4", "Xfce" and "Xfce4" prefixes and even dropping the 
> "Settings" suffix from dialog titles and desktop entry names? If the
> dialogs are only visible in Xfce and belong to the "DesktopSettings"
> group it should be clear that they are actually settings dialogs. IMHO
> that helps improving the UI and strings a bit.

I second that, all the 'settings' are redundant and only make the
strings longer. And they are only visible inside Xfce anyway.

ciao,
    Christian