On Jan 19, 2008 7:22 PM, Denis Leroy <denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is an idea I've had about a year ago and gave some thought on and > off since then, but Richard Hughes has mentioned a similar idea several > times on this list as well. > > The idea is to show the (large number of) applications available to > Fedora users through yum, but instead of a linear list displayed in > pirut for example, show them directly in the main menu: that way the > available apps are already categorized in a familiar way, and you can > see the application icons and short descriptions through the menu tooltip. > > For kicks and giggles, I hacked up a proof-of-concept RPM here for F-8 : > > http://www.poolshark.org/src/fedora-apps-0.1-1.fc8.i386.rpm > > After installation, you'll have to restart the gnome-panel with a quick > 'killall gnome-panel'. The rpm is 5 MB, which is not bad for almost 1000 > apps (remember we're only talking about GUI apps here, i.e. apps that > install a desktop file). > > Screenshots: > > http://www.poolshark.org/apps1.png > > The RPM comes with a 'fedora-apps-update' binary that updates the > symlinks based on the apps already installed (so that an installed > application doesn't show up on the uninstalled list). > > What command should this menu entries run ? i was hoping there would be > a simple 'pirut --install foo' or 'pup --install foo' option, but > apparently there isn't. > > Comments ? > > -denis While I don't think it should be exactly how you have it, an 'Uninstalled' submenu in every category, seems like a great idea to me. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
