Making sure applications don't use category icons?

At the moment, gnome-control-center's .desktop file uses the preferences-system icon. The preferences-system icon is a category icon. That strikes me as an incorrect thing to do, because it limits what icon theme authors can do[1] and (with my web dev hat on) it feels semantically wrong. [1] https:

Re: app id in desktop file

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > Hmm, I think this deserves maybe a spec of its own, i.e. a definition > what an app id is, and its format (i.e. along the line of dbus bus > names), plus where it should be used (bus names, .desktop file names, > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR subdirs,

Re: app id in desktop file

nk to use that name. Heck, look at package names in your nearest Debian or RPM system. This does not scale! I totally agree with you about the bother associated with switching. Maybe encourage an X-oldId key as a transition for existing desktop files over the next year? -- Dylan McCall Sorry if

Re: Draft "StatusNotifierIcon" broken by design

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Wolfgang Draxinger wrote: > …vented here" (NIH) problems of the xdg folks. > > I'd like you to look at > > specifically at > > > |

Re: Alt+Tab and other WM shortcuts not working while pointer is grabbed

I'm really happy to see this discussion. It's important, and if a resolution comes out of it the world will be a better place :) Windows uses Ctrl Alt Delete as a magical key combination that is handled at a lower level than everything else. (Note those “press ctrl+alt+delete to log in” prompts in

Re: Starting discussion on a new version of the notification spec

to notifications to the point that the two systems neither exclude nor complement each other in any way. Bottom line? We only need one system that says "notification," and the specification's features (as well as implementations) influence this directl

Re: XDG, xdg-open, and view vs. edit

ded by applications. Instead of having Right Click -> Open With, we have each one presented as a first class citizen and a normal operation; the user should be able to click a file and choose what to do with it himself. What each action does is handled smoothly by icons and descriptions, which