--- xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0016.txt 2003/12/13 23:12:24 1.3 +++ xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0016.txt 2004/05/04 17:52:27 1.4 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GLEP: 16 Title: Gentoo Menu System -Version: $Revision: 1.3 $ -Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/12/13 23:12:24 $ +Version: $Revision: 1.4 $ +Last-Modified: $Date: 2004/05/04 17:52:27 $ Author: Heinrich Wendel , Status: Draft Type: Standards Track @@ -81,11 +81,33 @@ Our goal is to patch the WM's with the help of these libraries to support the specifications. APP's then only have to install a .desktop entry [9]_ and optionally an icon and will be listed in all menus. This installation could -easily be done by two portage commands (domenu, doicon). Additionaly we -should provide a reference menu layout and icon theme and add a function to -repoman to validate .desktop files. +easily be done by two portage commands (domenu, doicon). +Implementation / Status +======================= + +This GLEP exists for a long time now, still it is not accepted. I will outline +the current status: + +* KDE 3.2 (x86) supports this specification +* GNOME 2.6 (~x86) support this specification +* domenu[12_] has to be included in portage to be used by the ebuilds to + install a desktop entry +* Somebody needs to write patches for the other WM's: + +We should focus on adding support to the following WM's first: + +* xfce, blackblox / fluxbox / openbox / waimea / kahakai, icewm +* fvwm, windowmaker, enlightment, afterstep + +The following are not so important, but support some kind of applications +menu: + +* aewm / aewm++ / evilwm / windowlab / oroborus, amiwm, ctwm, flwm +* golem, larswm, pekwm, plwm, pwm, qvwm, selectwm, treewm, trwm +* vtwm, xpde + Credits ======= @@ -116,7 +138,8 @@ [http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pyxdg] .. [13] Desktop File Utils [http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils] - +.. [14] domenu + [http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25756] Copyright