On 27.01.2009 05:00, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> One open question: what to do with Windows apps that don't put
> themselves in Program Files, but rather put themselves at the top of the
> start menu?
Desktop menu building could put both 'Program Files' and 'real
top-level' entries under the same "Wine
Reece Dunn wrote:
> Along similar lines, building on what Owen said in the talk that if
> all goes well Jane user will not notice that she is using Wine to run
> her Windows software: why is there an entry in the Applications
> section that says 'Wine' (and why does it have the folder icon and not
Reece Dunn writes:
> I have noticed that when wine creates a menu item (that for example,
> on Ubuntu gets put in the Applications > Wine > Programs menu), the
> command that gets written uses 'wine' as the program to run. This
> means that you need to have Wine in your PATH and cannot use more t
Frank Richter wrote:
> Also, Windows and Linux desktops have a bit of different "views" on what
> the "desktop menu" should contain: most of the time, the Windows start
> menu contains one folder per application, with that folder containing
> not only the application but also a link to the README o
On 25.01.2009 22:58, Owen Rudge wrote:
> "Windows software" may be a better term than "Wine". "Program Files"
> wouldn't really make sense, since all the items in the Applications menu
> are meant to be program files. On the issue of whether we should keep
> the "Programs" subfolder, I guess you
> I have noticed that when wine creates a menu item (that for example,
> on Ubuntu gets put in the Applications > Wine > Programs menu), the
> command that gets written uses 'wine' as the program to run. This
> means that you need to have Wine in your PATH and cannot use more than
> one version of
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Reece Dunn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that when wine creates a menu item (that for example,
> on Ubuntu gets put in the Applications > Wine > Programs menu), the
> command that gets written uses 'wine' as the program to run. This
> means that you need to have
Hi,
I have noticed that when wine creates a menu item (that for example,
on Ubuntu gets put in the Applications > Wine > Programs menu), the
command that gets written uses 'wine' as the program to run. This
means that you need to have Wine in your PATH and cannot use more than
one version of Wine.