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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: About naming of apps in .desktop files
From:       Christoph Cullmann <crossfire () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2001-11-26 21:42:17
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Am Monday 26 November 2001 21:39 schrieb Waldo Bastian:
> On Monday 26 November 2001 02:12 am, Mariusz Pekala wrote:
> > For previous posts in this thread: different users have different
> > preferences with the order - konqueror (Web browser) OR Web browser
> > (konqueror) OR konqueror OR Web browser.
> > So, introduce a format string that the user will be able to choose the
> > way he likes to see the names:
> > let the "%n (%d)" stand for "file-name (Descriptive description)"
> >
> > About translations:
> > For example, I don't like too much translations from English to Polish -
> > the Polish language produces long sentences (other languages produce even
> > longer, as seen in a lot of .desktop files) and I have small monitor :-)
> > Others may like translations, so give them another options for this
> > format-string:
> > %n - application file name
> > %N - translated application file name
> > 	(I realy don't believe in it's usability, but...)
> > %c - comment = descriptive description
> > %C - translated comment
> > ...and set a reasonable default.
> > Most users will probably like this one: "%C (%n)"
>
> Sounds like a very good plan. It should be noted that it is rather
> difficult to get to the "untranslated names" at the moment. So taking kmail
> as an example I suggest the following standard for desktop files:
>
> 	Name=KMail
> This is the Captioned application name, this name should normally not be
> translated.
>         Comment=Mail Client
>
> It should be easy to add support to minicli so that typing "KMail" will
> start kmail: KService::findServiceByName searches on translated name.
>
> The name of the desktop file should preferrably be lower case and match the
> name of the executable: e.g. 'kmail.desktop' instead of 'KMail.desktop'
That sounds like a very good solution for the problem in my eyes ;)
We get all stuff together: better link between name -><- comment, better 
support for newbie users and even good way to start apps ;)

cu
Christoph

>
> Cheers,
> Waldo
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