kmail

[Derek Broughton]

Jonas Norlander wrote:

> 2008/3/13, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>> Jonas Norlander wrote:
>>
>>  > 2008/3/13, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>>  >> Tom R wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  > Jamie,
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The discussion didn't seem to cover how to add an item
>>  >>  > to the KDE Menu though it would seem that it was the
>>  >>  > obvious answer to your problem.
>>  >>
>>  >> It 's NOT the obvious answer to his problem, though.  KMail isn't
>>  >> _supposed_
>>  >>  to have a menu entry, but in any case, if he can't run it from the
>>  >>  console, he can't run it from a menu.
>>  >
>>
>> > Kmail has always had an menu entry in all distros i have tried and
>>  > looking at the source
>>  > there is a KMail.desktop there so it's probably _supposed_ to have a
>>  > menu.
>>
>> No.  Having a .desktop file doesn't mean it should have a menu.  In fact,
>>  this one is _specifically_ to prevent it having a menu:
>>
>>  $ tail -n3 /usr/share/applications/kde/KMail.desktop
>>  X-DCOP-ServiceName=kmail
>>  Categories=Qt;KDE;Network;Office;Email;
>>  NoDisplay=true
> 
> You missread my mail. That file you showing is not in the original
> source tarball.

No, I didn't misread your mail at all.  Whether or not the kubuntu menu file
is in the original tarball, the mere fact that a .desktop file exists
_doesn't_ mean it's supposed to be in a menu.

> It's probably added by kubuntu developer.

Quite possibly.

> and as far as i understand it that desktop file _will_ give a
> menuentry for KMail.

And apparently you weren't interested in my explanation.  It's a bad idea to
have a menu entry for a program that will commonly not appear when you
launch it.
-- 
derek