Re: [orca-list] Could it be possible to add a desktop file to Orca

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Not to start Orca but to discover it. Indeed adding an option to start 
Orca at startup on the settings should be a good idea.

Le 04/11/2018 à 16:34, Fernando Botelho a écrit :
> I think it is a good idea, from the perspective of being friendly to 
> beginners, to have a desktop file that starts Orca. More experienced 
> users can always delete it.
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> Thanks,
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> Fernando
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> On 11/04/2018 01:28 PM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Most of the application can be started by menu but it's not possible 
> > to find Orca inside the application menu. Also when you try to add an 
> > application to startup you can browse the currently installed 
> > applications but without desktop file it's no longer possible. See for 
> > exempla this issue: 
> > https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-control-center/issues/270 
> > (someone pays 100$ for this just because we've drop the desktop file)
> >
> > IMO, we should provide a desktop file to Orca. On Windows, both Jaws, 
> > NVDA and the narrator are discoverable by the start menu. I see no 
> > reason that make the end-user more happy without desktop file than he 
> > is with.
> >
> > I can figure out what commit drop desktop file and tell you if you want.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex.
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