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Bug 658734 - Rename gedit to something less cryptic, like Notepad or whatever
Rename gedit to something less cryptic, like Notepad or whatever
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-09-11 08:47 UTC by Alex Hultman
Modified: 2011-09-11 12:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Alex Hultman 2011-09-11 08:47:40 UTC 
evince is named Document Viewer - great
gcalctool is named Calculator - great
totem is named Movie Player - great
nautilus is named Files - great
Brasero is named Brasero - okay because it's a nice name. So is Evince.
gedit is in my opinion a cryptic ugly name for such a simple app.

If you type evince in the search you will find Document Viewer - great.
If you would type gedit you could find Notepad (or whatever name we decide).

My opinion, give me your thoughts please. This might be solved by simply modifying the name of the .desktop file, I don't know.
Comment 1 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2011-09-11 09:17:33 UTC 
gedit has already set Text Editor as generic name, not our fault that it is not used: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/tree/data/gedit.desktop.in.in#n3 Thanks for reporting.
Comment 2 Alex Hultman 2011-09-11 12:01:59 UTC 
Okay so then I should probably report this bug to the GNOME team? Or do I report this to my specific distro? Thank you for quick answer.
Comment 3 Alex Hultman 2011-09-11 12:38:06 UTC 
This is what I reported: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658741