small gripe -- for Fedora, or KDE, or ....?

[Beartooth Comcast]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Marko Vojinovic wrote:

> Not that I am an expert, but I guess the "GenericName" and
> "Comment" are fields
> inside the app.desktop files that are used to provide the 
> information such as
> description when you hover the pointer in the menu. There is a 
> standardized
> specification for these, which both KDE and Gnome (and other DE's) 
> should
> follow. So if I understood what Rex said, KDE fills in the description in the
> GenericName field, while Gnome prefers the Comment field.

 	Aha! Makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

> And all would be well if both KDE and Gnome would read the data from *both*
> fields and then decide which one to show to the user. But KDE disregards the
> Comment field, while Gnome disregards the GenericName field. If the other one
> happens to be empty, you have no description when you hover the pointer.

 	And the people who can actually write code never notice, of 
course, because they do know what everything is, like a pilot in a 
cockpit.

>>> Sad part is that GenericName isn't an optional part of the spec.
>
> Now, I understood this part as follows. The specification standard says that
> the Comment field is optional and may be left out (or left blank). So KDE does
> not do much wrong when disregarding this field. However GenericName field should
> be obligatory (per spec.) and Gnome *does* do wrong when it disregards it.
>
> So essentially, this is a bug in Gnome, and you should report it against
> Gnome. What is sad is the fact that Gnome does not follow the agreed spec.

 	After some searching, I found the gnome bugzilla, and put in 
for an account. I'll reference this thread when I post there -- 
however little the hope of action.

>> Btw, it is true that I happen to be one of those who despise and
>> detest the Apple interface
>
> Finally, all this has absolutely nothing to do with Apple, AFAICS.

 	Nor I; but on rereading Rex Dieter before my reply, I picked 
up an intimation that it might be more my aspersion on Apple than 
the thread topic that he objected to. So I thought, probably 
wrongly, it might be the lesser evil to mention it once more. The 
Germans have an apposite saying: "Wie man's auch macht, ist es 
verkehrt." [Roughly, whatever you do is wrong.] <sigh>

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