Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:21:36 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Cc: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Re: [RFC] A trivial change for DESKTOP_ENTRIES Message-ID: <201107131921.38593.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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Any comments? Thanks, Jung-uk Kim ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [RFC] A trivial change for DESKTOP_ENTRIES Date: Wednesday 13 July 2011 04:31 pm From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org> To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Jung-uk Kim p紫e v st 13. 07. 2011 v 11:41 -0400: > On Wednesday 13 July 2011 07:39 am, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > On 2011/07/13 00:25, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > > > After I updated x11-wm/compiz, GNOME was not able to start the > > > window manager. Basically, it complained that compiz-manager > > > was not found. Then, I realized compiz-manager.desktop was > > > automagically replaced by compizmanager.desktop. Now I tracked > > > it down to this commit: > > > > > > Sat Nov 27 17:42:46 2010 UTC (7 months, 2 weeks ago) by pav > > > > > > - DESKTOP_ENTRIES: commandline is used to name installed > > > .desktop file, this can lead to files containing whitespace and > > > funny characters; thus strip all non-alphanumeric characters > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk.diff > > >?r 1=1.656;r2=1.657 > > > > > > To me, it looks far too restrictive. At least, I'd like to > > > allow '-' and '_'. Please see the attached patch. > > > > > > Any objections? > > > > Shouldn't you fix whatever is trying to call compizmanager not to > > use .desktop file instead? > > GNOME session manager calls the compiz-manager, i.e., the user has > to change it manually. Actually, x11-wm/compiz/pkg-message > recommended this: > > "If you are using gnome, you can use the configuration editor to > set the value of: > > desktop->gnome->session->required_components->windowmanager = > compiz-manager > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This will enable compiz as your default window manager." What does the gnome@ people said about this whole issue? -- -- Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> KDE is for the techies who feel they can't be productive without being able to control the exact amount of bevel in their window frames in 2% increments. -------------------------------------------------------
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