Menus in Hoary/Gnome2.9

[Jaramin]

Shimon Wrote: 
> i'll say it again:
> 
> ubuntu can use xfce 4.2 menu editor its in GTK+ it uses the same
> freedesktops standard and has tons of features
> <img src="http://de.lunar-linux.org/xfce4/screenshots/snap_VII.jpg">
> it in the background in this picture
> 
> 
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:08:01 -0600, thephotoman
> <rantman_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > And what do I need to run to get that to open?
> > 
> > Shimon wrote:
> > > ubuntu can use xfce 4.2 menu editor its in GTK+ it uses the same
> > > freedesktops standard and has tons of features
> > > <img
> src="http://de.lunar-linux.org/xfce4/screenshots/snap_VII.jpg">
> > > it in the background in this picture
> > >
> > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:06:59 +0100, Magnus Therning
> <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:20:53AM -0600, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>It was my belief that Ubuntu simply used Gnome's code to make a
> kick
> > >>>ass distribution, not that they were bound by every stupid thing
> Gnome
> > >>>did.  Witness the menus in Warty which are not standard 2.8 menus.
> > >>
> > >>I think the patch for the menus in Warty is minor, i.e. they are a
> patch
> > >>to change the items in the menu. What you are proposing is a patch
> that
> > >>replaces all the code that handles the menus. The difference is
> > >>substantial.
> > >>
> > >>I don't think the Ubuntu maintainers are too interested in
> maintaining
> > >>patches of the size you are proposing (porting the old menu-system
> to
> > >>the newer version of GNOME). At the same time they don't want to
> lag too
> > >>far behind the GNOME release schedule. There's a conflict here, and
> I
> > >>for one believe that Ubuntu makes the right trade-off.
> > >>
> > >>/M
> > >>
> > >>--
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> > >>magnus at therning.org
> > >>http://magnus.therning.org/
> > >>
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> publish.
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> > >>by patent law on written works.
> > >>
> > >>Prediction is especially difficult. Especially about the future.
> > >>     -- Niels Bohr
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
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Is it that hard to be clear :(

What we want to know is, is it possible to have Xfce's menu editor as a
standalone application in Ubuntu so that we can edit menus easily, and
if not, are there any plans to release such an application that would
equal it's functionality.

If Gnome doesn't allow it easily yet, fine. But do we have to wait for
something like a 2.12 or 3.0 release if nothing of the sort is planned
for 2.10? That would mean in nearly a year!

The issue isn't as much about how it affects Gnome, but how it affects
Ubuntu. Editing menus is something that all users expect to be able to
do in any modern distro targeted at the mainstream.

I wish a developer would take up the challenge of giving an easy, non
text config file fiddling, menu editing tool for Ubuntu.


-- 
Jaramin