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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Some TOM thoughts
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-06-11 19:17:18
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On June 11, 2002 12:51 pm, Marten Klencke wrote:
> How about making using an alternative application a kind of "advanced"
> feature. It doesn't show a submenu or anything at all, but when you right
> click a
> task, you get a list of alternative applications for this task.

if it turns out that people using TOM find a need for such a thing, perhaps we 
can think about adding it then ... i don't think it'll be necessary, though

> Making a few similar tasks is also a good idea, but it does tend to become
> a bit cluttered.

unavoidable. the idea is less entries by choosing visibile items based on 
tasks. you will not get all the apps in your current kmenu into TOM w/out it 
become just as useless.

> Also, as I see it, the tasks can only have similar names, not identical.
> Unless of course each application would be hidden or showed individually.

it isn't tied to their name. you can as many "Paint a picture" entries as you 
want =)

> I see. A file consisting of 4 entries?
> 1. (string) Task
> 2. (string) applnk file
> 3. (boolean) This is the default app for the task
> 4. (boolean) Hidden (primarily to override system-wide settings)

minus #3 probably, but yes

> By the way, have you thought about how applications that are installed get
> registered in the TOM? 

haven't decided yet. we discussed it briefly on this list but came up only 
with possibilities, nothing concrete

> On the TWiki site, Allistair mentions indenting
> newly installed apps, but what exactly is meant by this?

i'm not sure =)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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