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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: new "Label" keyword for desktop files...
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date:       1999-07-26 10:45:57
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Pietro Iglio wrote:
> 
> Application .desktop files (but what I'm going to say may apply to other
> types of desktop files as well) have a "Name" key that is used both as
> the system application identifier and as the application name in the K-menu.
> 
> This approach has some drawbacks:
> 
> - if the user changes the application name in the K-menu
>   (eg. Klyx 1.0 -> KLyx), the system application identifier is changed too;
>   this might break external references -- an application identifier should
>   NEVER be changed until an application is uninstalled;
> 
> - application identifiers could have a more compact format to avoid
>   typing errors when a configuration file (menurc) is manually edited
>   (eg. "Stardivision StarOffice 5.01" -> "SOFFICE_501");
> 
> My proposal is to separate them using Name for the application identifier
> and Label for the application name that is shown in the k-menu.
> Name should not be translated any more, of course.
> So, a .desktop file with the following entries:
> 
> Type=Application
> Name=Trashcan
> Name[it]=Cestino
> Name[ru]=xxxyyyzzz
> 
> should become:
> 
> Type=Application
> Name=Trashcan
> Label=Trashcan
> Label[it]=Cestino
> Label[ru]=xxxyyyzzz
> 
> Of course it is possible to write a simple perl script to update existing
> desktop files. For backward compability, we could assume Label=Name if
> there is no Label entry.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
I'm against not translating Name. Everywhere are entries with Name that
are
meant to be translated. Why not just have AppIdentifier that defaults to
Name or something like that?

Greetings, Stephan

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