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[Julian Unrrein <junrrein@xxxxxxxxx>]

I should add that doing it the static way will require each app to deliver
the adequate .desktop file.


2013/9/11 Julian Unrrein <junrrein@xxxxxxxxx>

> Using a static quicklist would work too. But I don't like it because why
> would you want to see the About dialog when the app is closed?
>
> Anyway, for that to work we would need to create a command line argument (
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-pantheon/granite/granite/view/head:/lib/Application.vala#L117)
> to show the about dialog, which will be called from the static quicklist
> defined in the .desktop file. Nothing hard apparently.
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> 2013/9/11 Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Only dynamic quicklists disappear while the app is running. Static
>> quicklists are stored in the .desktop file
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <
>> sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Libunitu quicklists are only available while the app is running, and
>>> they're not actually standardized. I'm not sure if the additional shortcut
>>> spec in .desktop files is an XDG standard or not (yet), but they seem to be
>>> a better candidate - static, always-there shortcuts that are defined in a
>>> more implementation-independent way.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
>>> OS architect @ elementary
>>>
>>
>>
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