xterm not in KDE menus anywhere?

[Richard Zidlicky]

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