On Wednesday 23 July 2014 12:35:33 Marco Martin wrote: > Hi all, > > now the alternatives config ui has landed. > about the ui behavior, see > https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=122067&p=315919#p315919 > > right now, how make alternatives appear? > right now is using X-Plasma-Provides in the desktop file (it's a list, an > applet may provide more than one thing) > > so far, only kicker and kickoff are offering org.kde.plasma.launchermenu > > other applets sould be completed with similar data... > > unless.. I am not sure about this, > we could just use X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category and we would already have all > the data for free. > so far looking in existing applets, it would be fine-ish, but not > completely. for instance, both folderview and trashcan have "file system" > as category, but the trashcan and folderview don't exactly look as > alternatives for the same thing :p > > so, either using this new key for purpose, or adjusting the categories of > things that don't work yet. > > opinions?
go for a new key. You never know what 3rd-party applets do, so having an explicit key they need to opt-in is way more secure. Cheers Martin
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