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authorPeter TB Brett <peter@peter-b.co.uk>2011-12-01 08:56:19 +0100
committerVincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>2011-12-01 08:56:19 +0100
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menu: Recommend that implementors provide "catch-all" menu
Because menu implementations are unlikely to support a full ontology of application Categories, recommend to implementors that a submenu is provided to catch any .desktop files that slip through the cracks. See also: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xdg/12770
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that can be used to provide more fine grained information about
the application.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Category-based menus based on the Main Categories listed in this
+ specification do not provide a complete ontology for all
+ available applications. Category-based menu implementations
+ SHOULD therefore provide a "catch-all" submenu for applications
+ that cannot be appropriately placed elsewhere.
+ </para>
<para>
The table below lists all Main Categories.
Note that category names are case-sensitive.