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[Debian] What would you like to see in Deblet 1.0 or 2.0? (Wishlist thread)
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Stskeeps
2008-08-31 , 21:13
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A challenge to someone who's up for it.
In a Deblet installation, there's /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg. These contain .desktop files which are very similar to Maemo's /usr/share/applications/hildon.
I have compiled a maemo-select-menu-location (that should be maemo-add-app really..),
http://bsd.tspre.org/~stskeeps/maemo-add-app.launch
, which doesn't ask for folder location but just adds it (chmod +x it)
It is possible to execute this using 'maemo-invoke /path/maemo-add-app.launch <.desktop file that is in /usr/share/applications/hildon>'
So, what is the challenge: Make a script that adds "relevant" (based on categories?) .desktop file, alters them to use the Easy Debian/chroot scripts for running and hence adds them to Extras so it works. It should be repeatable so it will remove all added-by-itself items first, then add debian .desktop files again.
Goal is to have for Easy Debian/Deblet that we don't have to set up static .desktop files, and the menu can be refreshed to reflect current applications installed in Deblet.
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