From kde-core-devel  Tue Nov 27 07:38:47 2001
From: Thomas Diehl <thd () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 07:38:47 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: About naming of apps in .desktop files
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Am Montag, 26. November 2001 21:39 schrieb Waldo Bastian:

> 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'

Sorry, I'm a bit thick today. What does this mean for the more problematic 
cases like kcontrol (-> KDE Control Center -> KDE-Kontrollzentrum)?

Regards,

Thomas


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