On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:05:25PM +0200, Thomas Janssen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Richard Zidlicky <rz at linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 03:14:17PM +0200, Thomas Janssen wrote: > > > >> You sound like a old-skool linuxer so i guess you know how to edit a > >> .desktop file. 99.9% don't need/want xterm to show up in the menu so > >> it's hidden in both big Desktops. > > > > Why do the 99.9% install it at all if konsole and gnome-term are so much > > better? As far as I can see xterm is not installed by default anywhere. > > Install one of them and you get xterm installed: > kde-settings-kdm-0:4.4-16.fc13.noarch > gmrun-0:0.9.2-19.fc13.x86_64 > streamtuner-0:0.99.99-31.fc13.x86_64 do these really need an xterm? Or just any term? > 9wm-0:1.2-2.fc13.x86_64 > aplus-fsf-0:4.22.4-19.fc12.i686 > aplus-fsf-0:4.22.4-19.fc12.x86_64 > cairo-dock-core-0:2.1.3.9-1.fc13.x86_64 > clusterssh-0:3.26-2.fc12.noarch > ddd-0:3.3.12-5.fc12.x86_64 > fvwm-0:2.5.26-4.fc12.x86_64 > icewm-0:1.2.37-7.fc13.x86_64 > idesk-0:0.7.5-9.fc12.x86_64 > slim-0:1.3.1-10.fc13.x86_64 > tn5250-0:0.17.4-3.fc12.i686 > uzbl-0:0-0.13.20100410gitec473e124.fc13.x86_64 > xmonad-0:0.9.1-2.fc13.x86_64 > xzgv-0:0.9.1-2.fc13.x86_64 whoever knows those will also know what an xterm is and not complain about an extra entry in some rarely used menu. > A lot of people tend to try out other Desktops/Windowmanager but still > don't want *any* app installed with it be present in the regular menus > of KDE or GNOME. So it makes perfectly sense to hide it in them. it would make more sense to do sane packaging. Richard
