gvim menu icon is hidden

[Todd Deshane]

On 8/12/07, Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Over in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/3222 there is
> a bug concerning gvim and it's hidden by default menu icon. I feel this
> change is unnecessary because gvim is not installed by default and so
> long as its desktop item is only installed when gvim is there is no
> harm. Additionally, in the current state, upon installing gvim using
> Add/Remove you will be told to look for a menu item that won't exist
> (see http://launchpadlibrarian.net/7332788/post-gnome-vim-install.png
> for a screenshot of this).
>
> Given that the bug has been opened and closed several times I'm posting
> here to see whether it is an issue that should be fixed.


After reading through the bug comments, it seems that it is intentional that
it doesn't show. That is a default that someone decided should be there.

I wonder if it would be possible to have a checkbox during install that
would allow the menu icon to be show... Steal a page out of the typically
windows program installations. Maybe that is something that would be a nice
option in general for applications that are installed? (i.e. to show
shortcut in the menu, quick launch, and/or show shortcut on the desktop)

The question would be where would something like that be implemented? When
installing with apt, the ncurses post installation could come up, the gui
installers might be able to add that option easy enough...Both of which
require the packages to support it though.

Maybe it is something that people wouldn't want in general, but most people
users coming from a windows environment, after installing a program either
look in the "start menu", quick launch, and/or on the desktop.

Maybe something is already in the works upstream? (i.e Gnome/KDE)

Cheers,
Todd

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