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Re: [trinity-devel] kmenu item location in tdegraphics need new homes (More Applications: x, y, z)

From: Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:53:38 -0800 (PST)
>   For R14, the kmenu entries for each of the apps
> should have a logical home in
> the kmenu tree. After loading tdegraphics I have 4
> applications in the "More
> Applications" lost and found folder. See:
> 
> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/menu-MoreApplications-AppsNeedGoodHome.jpg
> 
> 
>   They include:
> 
> KColorChoose
> KColorEdit
> KFax
> KIconEdit
> 
>   They are not the big apps like Gimp or the like, but
> there is no reason they
> should be stuffed in an innocuous named "More Applications"
> folder. I would
> propose putting them in the "Graphics/Graphics Utilities"
> folder. Simply
> renaming "More Applications" to "Graphics Utilities" would
> work. I would also
> move other apps from the current "Graphics Menu" into the
> Graphics Utilities
> Menu like:
> 
> [Graphic Utilities]
> KColorChoose
> KColorEdit
> KFax
> KIconEdit
> MPovModeler
> KRuler
> KSnapshot
> 
>   I would also collect the 'Viewers' into a like menu
> of their own. Like
> "Graphics/Graphics Viewers"
> 
> [Graphic Viewers]
> KDVI
> KFaxView
> FontView
> Kview
> Kuickshow
> 
>   That would leave the parent Graphics menu uncluttered
> and ready to receive the
> users main graphic apps. Food for thought for R14

David, you should become more familiar with searching the bug tracker. :)

http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=653

I have been using and testing these patches for a while. The patches eliminate the More Applications sub menus. This is along the same logic of merging the KControl "Advanced" options into the parent dialogs.

Please test the patches.

The patches are not the final say. They are a decent start, however. :)

Darrell