[Bug 456190] Review Request: dosemu - dos emulator

[Andrea Musuruane]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak at v3.sk> wrote:
>> (In reply to comment #28)
>> > > > * Categories=System;Emulator;
>> > > >
>> > > > The Categories in the desktop file should be changed to "Game;Emulator;". This
>> > > > is what other emulators use.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I didnt want this to be a game category because its not just a game emulator,
>> > > its a dos emulator, but I have changed it anyways.
>> >
>> > Please revert back, this is a violation of the Desktop Menu Specification. I'm
>> > sure this is minor enough not to bother you (see comment #24).
>>
>> Please do not say inaccurate things!
>
> First of all, please understand that I don't and did not mean to annoy
> you or anything like that, merely intended to correct an obvious mistake
> of yours. Pardon me if you were offended.
>
>> Categories=Game;Emulator; is as legit as Categories=System;Emulator;
>>
>> http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html#category-registry
>>
>> Additional Category Description      Related Categories
>> Emulator  Emulator of another platform, such as a DOS emulator System or Game
>
> Now please scroll a few lines up, to the primary categories:
>
> Main CategoryDescription
> Game game
>
> Did you read that? This means that "Game" category is for games (doh!)
> and thus will show in "Games" menu. Unless you think that dosemu is a
> game this is completely incorrect. If you do, it's a completely
> different issue.

As I said in the BZ entry, both entry are correct following the
desktop menu spec.

I suggested to use the Game category (even for dosemu) because it is
common practise to use this even for system (i.e. non console)
emulators here and in RPM Fusion.

Using the games-menus package, all entry under Game;Emulator will be
placed in a nice submenu which is really useful to separate emulators
from other stuff. It is here that the user will usually try to locate
installed emulators. The system menu does not have such feature at
present.

Moreover, the prominent use of an emulator is to run "classic" games.
I don't think that their main use is to run a DTP application under an
Atari ST emulator or a word processor under dosemu.

HTH. Other opinions welcome :)

Bye,

Andrea.