[Kde-games-devel] Generic names

[Luciano Montanaro]

(It looks like I forgot to post this message yesterday. Here it is wit
some postscript attached)

Luciano
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On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Parker Coates
<parker.coates at kdemail.net> wrote:

>
> Confirmed in SC4.4.2. File away!
>

I've done it, it is bug #234070 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234070).

But I did not notice that other applications are not affected: the
name/description seem to be switched only for games. for example
KStars menu entry is correct.

The entries are inverted also in the new style menu.

I experimented a bit, and noticed that if I try activate the "Display
by name" option in this new applet, the first time I try it crashes,
the second around it works. But then, Kstars name and description
roles are reversed, while all the games roles are not.



Luciano

PS it turns out that the plasma menu singles out games and reverts the
name and subtitle for those, and it's done on purpose...

This however puts those using the simple menu in a position where they
cannot win -- unless the simple menu can undo the logic there too. The
"descriptions" only selection would still be problematic though. So
some cleanup would to the generic names would still be useful.

I'll try to do a further review of the current generic names keeping
in mind the current situation, and I'll keep you all informed.



> You might also want to complain about the naming of those options.
> Since the entries in the desktop file are supposed to be "application
> name" and "generic name", labelling them "Name" and "Description" in
> the UI sort of increases the confusion. Coming up with a description
> of Killbots is easy. Coming up with a generic name for it isn't.
>
>> Some cleanup to the generic names could help anyway, though, I'll look
>> into those too.
>
> I agree. Go for it. :)
>
> Parker
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