Re: Launcher types

["Eugene O'Connor" <eugene oconnor sun com>]

It'd be great if we could simplify this dialog. From Alex's mail, it
looks like there are only two items in the Type drop-down that it is
valid for the user to select. That is, Application and Link. I
understand that FSDevice is a type of launcher, but would a user ever
want to select it when adding a launcher?

Also, if MimeType, Service, and Service Type are not launchers, should
they appear in this drop-down.

So, does it make sense to have only two items in the drop-down:
Application and Link.

Eugene

bordoley msu edu wrote:
> 
> Just to note since its related to this, there have been a lot of complaints
> about the overall complexity of the launcher dialog, so it might be nice to
> divide it into multiple dialogs. Basically what I was thinking was one dialog
> to create application launchers and  another to create links. Seth had
> mentioned this to me in the past as well. Advantage is that we simplify the ui
> making the creation of these launchers easier.
> 
> As for the other types of .desktop files I agree with alex these should
> probably not even be in the ui.
> 
> dave
> 
> Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> said:
> 
> > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> >
> > > I'm updating the User Guide and need some information about launchers
> > > and launcher types. Can anyone help me out?
> > >
> > > First of all, where can you have launchers on the desktop - in your
> > > menus, on your panels, on the desktop background - anywhere else?
> > >
> > > Secondly, I need to understand the types of launcher:
> > >
> > > 1. Application (I understand this one)
> > > 2. Link (http://, ftp://, what else can you enter in the command field
> > > when the launcher type is link?
> >
> > also e.g. file://my/mp3s or suchlike.
> >
> > > 3. FSDevice (What is this? Can you give an example?)
> >
> > You get one of these when nautilus mounts a Floppy or cdrom.
> >
> > > 4. MimeType (How would you use this, for example?)
> > > 5. Service (What is this?)
> > > 6. Service Type (What is this?)
> >
> > These are not launchers, but descriptions of things. I don't think we use
> > them at the moment. I think KDE uses nr 4 for its mime database.
> >
> > --
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >  Alexander Larsson                                            Red Hat, Inc
> >                    alexl redhat com    alla lysator liu se
> > He's a world-famous neurotic jungle king on the wrong side of the law. She's
> a
> > warm-hearted punk nun in the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight
> crime!
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > desktop-devel-list mailing list
> > desktop-devel-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
> >