Menu Policy - please read if you maintain a package with a .desktop file in it!
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri May 14 12:27:11 UTC 2004
Seth Nickell wrote:
> 2) If your package is in any of the default package sets:
...
> b) The menu item should usually be the application's
> generic/descriptive name. For example, use "Web Browser" instead of
> "Mozilla" or "Mozilla Web Browser".
>
> 3) If your package is NOT in any of the default package sets:
> a) The menu name should usually be the application's given name + the
> generic/descriptive name. For example, use "Mozilla Web Browser" instead
> of "Web Browser" or "Mozilla".
Why mess with names like this at all when functional equivalents exist
*now* in .desktop files using Name and GenericName, e.g. for mozilla:
Name=Mozilla
GenericName=Web Browser
The display of these are (user) configurable (at least in KDE) whereas
hardcoding changes as you suggest certainly are not.
-- Rex
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