baloo monitor visibility

Martin Steigerwald martin at lichtvoll.de
Wed Jul 15 08:21:32 UTC 2015


Am Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2015, 09:56:07 schrieb Harald Sitter:
> ahoy ahoy

Hi Harald,

> I have just come across the new baloo monitor and it appears to me
> that it is supposed to be installed by default which makes it appear
> by default on all plasma systems. Is that in fact the intended
> behavior here (i.e. desktop file, visible by default, installed by
> default)?
> 
> If so, it most decidedly needs a GenericName set to say 'File Indexing
> Monitor' as right now it says 'Baloo Monitor' which means literally
> nothing seeing as Baloo has been kept a pretty hidden name up until
> now.
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350233
> 
> Also just my two cents: IMO it would make contextually more sense to
> have the utility NoDisplay=true (have it not show up in the actual
> menu) but a button to launch it in the File Search KCM. At least I
> would not look for this in the application menu ;)

I usually just use Alt-F2 or search in Kickoff menu to find things. So I bet 
I would find it there :)

I agree about the generic name.

Ciao,
-- 
Martin


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