fc6 nearing eol but f7 not useable yet (rant or feedback?)

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Oct 26 21:42:14 UTC 2007


Mike Wright wrote:
> 
> Granted, but having the "Properties" link on the icons was a very 
> convenient shortcut and provided a path for non-tech types to see what 
> goes on in the background.  

Yep. The implementation has changed though but the interface can be 
retained. Can be a enhancement request I guess but the menu editor is 
easily accessed anyway. See below.

There is no reason IMHO the menu entry can't
> be desciptive as long as there's some way to see the actual program 
> name, whether in the icon's properties or on the app's face somewhere.
> 
> You can easily use the menu editor to find out
>> names without ever touching the command line FYI.
> 
> Sounds great.  What's the name of the menu editor?

Alacarte. Installed by default. Right click on the menu bar and click 
"Edit Menus" or System => Preferences => Look and Feel => Main Menu. 
When the menu comes up, click on particular entry, right click and click 
properties.

Rahul




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