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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why the K-Menu sucks
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-10-30 9:49:05
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Sunday 29 October 2000 19:55 wrote Waldo Bastian:
> On Sunday 29 October 2000 09:54, Matthias Elter wrote:
> > > > > > That's why I suggest to do it like this:
> > > > > > 'KMail    (EMail Client)'
> > > > > > 'CoolMail (EMail Client)'
> > > >
> > > > I agree completely. That would be the way to go IMO.
> > >
> > > Actually yes, this is better then 'Email Clent (KMail)', I think.
> >
> > Thinking again about it I think you are right, KMail (Mail Client) is
> > best.
>
> How do we implement this? Will we use "$NAME ($COMMENT)" ?
> Where $NAME and $COMMENT are fetched from the .desktop - file.
> $NAME should then always be the same to KAboutData::programName().
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo


I'm not too sure whether $COMMENT is the right way to go as those are often 
quite elaborate.

What about this plan: 

  - COMMENT will be shown as tooltip. It's optional, so people can turn       
      tooltips off.

  - we add TYPE to describe the type of the application. This can optionally  
     be shown in menu like $NAME ($TYPE)

  - For standard desktop tools like the pager, the find utility, the control  
     center, the minicli,  we use NAME as TYPE just as we do it today:

       Find
       Desktop pager
       Control Center
       Run Command
       

What what does this scheme do to apps like ksysguard? 

      KSysGuard (System Guard) ?

Here I would definitely prefer
     
       System Guard

or 
 
       System Guard (System Monitor Utility)



Matthias

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