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Bug 590180 - use gedit in desktop file Name
use gedit in desktop file Name
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
: 658741 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 588975
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-29 19:12 UTC by William Jon McCann
Modified: 2011-09-13 22:02 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Fix .desktop file (637 bytes, patch)
2009-08-22 19:28 UTC, Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon)
none Details | Review
desktop (439 bytes, patch)
2009-09-01 14:14 UTC, Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho)
none Details | Review

Description William Jon McCann 2009-07-29 19:12:58 UTC
As discussed in various places we shouldn't use the generic name for the name field in the desktop files:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2009-July/010807.html

We should also have consistency between the Name field, the name used in the titlebar, the name used in the application menu (gnome-shell, or OS X), the about box, and the documentation.

This name can be "Text Editor", "gedit", or something else but it should be used consistently.  As discussed on IRC with pbor, it seems that the name is "gedit".

Can we change the name in the desktop file to reflect this?
Comment 1 Paolo Borelli 2009-07-29 19:15:41 UTC
if this is agreed on by everybody, feel free to commit the change.
Comment 2 Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2009-08-22 19:28:25 UTC
Created attachment 141445 [details] [review]
Fix .desktop file

See http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/CorrectDesktopFiles and http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-August/msg00117.html for freedesktop discussion conclusions
Comment 3 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2009-08-22 20:00:22 UTC
Patch applied on master. Thanks for it.
Comment 4 Sebastien Bacher 2009-08-31 08:15:39 UTC
Ubuntu bug about the change on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421221

"You'll find 'gedit' where you should see 'Text Editor'."
Comment 5 Sebastien Bacher 2009-09-01 13:51:49 UTC
do you really think that having the menu entry as "gedit" is better than "Text Editor"? the change seems to be seen as a bug by users
Comment 6 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2009-09-01 13:58:04 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> do you really think that having the menu entry as "gedit" is better than "Text
> Editor"? the change seems to be seen as a bug by users

I think the problem is now in the menu, not in gedit, because the menu should use the generic name.
Comment 7 Sebastien Bacher 2009-09-01 13:59:25 UTC
reopening, it has been suggested on IRC that "X-GNOME-Fullname=gedit Text Editor" should be used there
Comment 8 Sebastien Bacher 2009-09-01 14:00:03 UTC
> because the menu should use the generic name.

it doesn't, where did you read that?
Comment 9 William Jon McCann 2009-09-01 14:07:20 UTC
Personally, I think the program should be considered a core component and be called Text Editor - as with Terminal.  However, the gedit maintainers do not agree.  It is up to them.  Whatever name is chosen it must be consistently used.
Comment 10 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2009-09-01 14:14:47 UTC
Created attachment 142246 [details] [review]
desktop

Add X-GNOME-Fullname=gedit Text Editor
Comment 11 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2009-09-04 08:07:17 UTC
Should be fixed now.
Comment 12 Nicolò Chieffo 2009-09-25 12:35:16 UTC
This is not fixed as you can see in this screenshot:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32430194/Screenshot.png

Only the menu entry has the "correct" name.
Anyway I think that "Gedit Text Editor" or "GEdit Text Editor" is better than "gedit Text Editor" as I can't find any other program that starts with a lowercase letter
Comment 13 André Klapper 2009-09-25 13:30:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #12)
> This is not fixed as you can see in this screenshot:

Please always mention your exact version, otherwise this comment is useless.
Thanks in advance!
Comment 14 Nicolò Chieffo 2009-09-25 13:32:20 UTC
2.28.0
Comment 15 Florian Müllner 2011-09-13 22:02:54 UTC
*** Bug 658741 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***