#472209 .desktop files with icons for x-www-browser and x-terminal-emulator

Package:
sensible-utils
Source:
sensible-utils
Submitter:
Eduard Bloch
Date:
2021-09-16 19:51:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#472209#5
Date:
2008-03-22 18:32:01 UTC
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Hello,

see subject and below. What do you think?

Regards,
Eduard.
----- Forwarded message from Luca Capello <luca@pca.it> -----

Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:43:22 +0100
From: Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>
Subject: Re: .desktop files for x-www-browser and x-terminal-emulator
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Hello!

I'd suggest debianutils, since it provides at least sensible-browser,
but it misses sensible-terminal-emulator.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

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#472209#10
Date:
2008-03-22 18:48:08 UTC
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I think debianutils is the wrong place for .desktop files or icons.
#472209#15
Date:
2008-03-22 18:52:48 UTC
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#include <hallo.h>
* Clint Adams [Sat, Mar 22 2008, 02:48:08PM]:

Why? They would accompany the pseudo-executables provided in your
package. What is a better place than in the package itself?

Regards,
Eduard.
#472209#20
Date:
2008-03-22 19:03:41 UTC
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Is this for a window manager that would be calling sensible-browser
directly?
#472209#25
Date:
2008-03-22 19:08:47 UTC
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#include <hallo.h>
* Clint Adams [Sat, Mar 22 2008, 03:03:41PM]:

For some of them, yes. And maybe other uses.
#472209#30
Date:
2008-03-22 19:15:34 UTC
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Okay. No window manager should ever call sensible-browser directly.
That makes no sense.
#472209#35
Date:
2008-03-22 19:19:02 UTC
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#include <hallo.h>
* Clint Adams [Sat, Mar 22 2008, 03:15:34PM]:

And what about x-www-browser (Subject)?
#472209#40
Date:
2008-03-22 19:23:28 UTC
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That makes sense.  debianutils provides neither x-www-browser nor
x-terminal-emulator.
#472209#45
Date:
2008-03-25 19:35:12 UTC
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Hi there!

Do you mean that every package that installs an alternative for
x-www-browser or x-terminal-emulator should install a .desktop file?
Maybe we can have a new alternative x-www-browser.desktop and
x-terminal-emulator.desktop.

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
#472209#50
Date:
2008-03-25 19:52:24 UTC
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That seems far more sensible than putting it into debianutils.
Also, that way users wouldn't have a superfluous icon and
.desktop file if they haven't installed any web browsers or
terminal emulators, which is a situation you might create if
you put them in, say, base-files.
#472209#55
Date:
2008-03-26 08:47:47 UTC
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Please don’t do that ! This will lead to the default entry appearing
twice in the menus in all freedesktop-compliant menu systems..