Use of the "Other" category in desktop files

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Mar 13 13:12:09 UTC 2006


Kevin Kofler wrote:

> * either "Other" is accepted as a category to use, which also means it should  
> be used consistently (i.e. by a lot more than just gourmet and kdetoys)  

-1, Other is not an officially registerred Category(*)

(*) http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html

> * or a "Toys" category should be added to redhat-menus  

-1, same reason.

> * or kdetoys needs to add some other category/ies ("Accessories" appears to be  
> the catch-all in current Fedora use). 

kdetoys uses the "Amusement" category, which probably *should* be 
handled (better) by redhat-menus.

-- Rex




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