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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    RE: Viewing .desktop files in kdesktop - take 2
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () cramersystems ! com>
Date:       1999-12-08 14:18:13
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> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > David Faure wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 09:26:26PM +0100, Torben Weis wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > my mother would like to see only nice names, no extensions and she
> > > > > would never see the inconsistency because she would never open
> > > > > a .desktop file in an editor.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would do so and I would like to see the complete filenames.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I would do it like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > a) Bascially as David suggested. Keep filename and the "Name="
line in
> > > > >     sync as we did with KFM bookmarks as good as possible.
> > > > > b) KDesktop does never show the ".desktop" extension since the
desktop
> > > > >     is not about file management. It always shows the "Name="
thing.
> > > > > c) For konqui we introduce an option and by default we do the same
as kdesktop.
> > > > >     Dummy users will be happy with that and power users can just
turn "real
> > > > >     filenames" on quickly.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > This would a nice and almost consistent thing to do, if we started
KDE
> > > > right now.
> > > > Due to existing .kdelnk files, I still think it's a bad idea.
> > > >
> > > > In fact a conversion script would be well better than Kurt's kludges
> > > > in kfileitem, to avoid the kind of problems I "reported" on kde-cvs.
> > > >
> > > > I can't believe such crap made it into kfileitem.
> > > >
> > > Me neither. So we implement Torben's plan and Kurt provides a script?
> > 
> > The flaw in Torben's plan is "a)". See "take 3". Changing language will
> > revert to a generic name, for any desktop file created from a template.
> Why shouldn't change the name removing all pretranslated entries? They
> are wrong then anyway.
Yes, that's Waldo's idea as well.
Note that KConfig doesn't allow that currently. AFAIK.

But the other problem with this is the inconsistencies it brings,
between konqueror and kdesktop, and in the properties dialog box.

> > Why not simply name the file after the Name field when copying it on the
> > desktop ? After the file is copied, no more hacks. Renaming works as
expected,
> > changing language
> > doesn't screw up, ....
> >
> Hmm, not convinced that works :)
Well it does, but it looks strange if copying the file from konqueror...
Hacks always lead to strange behaviours, that's why I'm against hacks.

--
David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems

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