Re: WTF⁈ ShowOnlyIn=GNOME

[Christopher Stone]

On 7/20/07, Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> wrote:
> Christopher Stone wrote:
> > Why are tons of apps setting ShowOnlyIn=GNOME; in their .desktop file?
> >
> > This does not bode well for KDE users.
> >
> > # grep -i onlyshowin /usr/share/applications/*.desktop|grep -i gnome|wc -l
> > 63
>
> You're not catching the kde folder with your grep there.  Try it like
> this and maybe your feelings will change:
>
> $ grep -rli 'onlyshowin=kde' /usr/share/applications/ | wc -l
> 145
>
> $ grep -rli 'onlyshowin=gnome' /usr/share/applications/ | wc -l
> 56


Oops you are right.  But I still don't understand why all these apps
are classified as show only in KDE/GNOME.  Surely you can run an app
like kate in GNOME, or banshee in KDE.

Can we please rethink this and remove some of these OnlyShowIns?