Bug 61654

Summary:	bad kde menus
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Gene Czarcinski <gczarcinski>
Component:	kdebase	Assignee:	wdovlrrw <brosenkr>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	high
Version:	7.3
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Description Gene Czarcinski 2002-03-22 16:59:44 UTC

fresh custom install of beta3 with kde+gnome+development

kde3 seems to have changed what is used as the text to be displayed for the
"start" menu.

In kde 2.2, the "Name" value in the xxx.desktop file located in
/usr/share/applnk tree was used.

In kde 3, the "Comment" value is used unless there is none and then the "Name"
value is used.

For a number of packages (especially those listed under Games and Editors), the
"Comment" value provides useless information.

For example, all three editors listed have the Comment value of "text editor".

Although minor, this makes program selection very difficult.

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2002-03-24 00:33:59 UTC

This was intentional in order to make it easier for new users ("Text Editor" is much 
preferrable over "Kate" or "VIM" for those who don't know their way around the system 
yet). 
 
I've reverted it because many people are complaining, though.

Comment 2 Gene Czarcinski 2002-03-24 12:09:14 UTC

It was not that using "Text Editor" was a bad idea but that with three editors
all saying the same thing, it was had to differentiate.