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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's just like applications in Ubuntu. The .exe is an executable that gets
linked to, then when you click the link, the application runs. The problem
is that the applications also create .exe files for all of their
uninstallers, and many create one for a "Repair" function, and all of these
also get linked into the start menu. So it's not nearly as simple as one
might think to sort out which ones are the applications and which ones are
the support binaries.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 13:24, Carl Ansell <afccarl1994@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Don't Windows applications run by accessing the .exe file created
> during the install?
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> Would it be possible to tell Unity to only search for .exe files
> installed under the Wine directory?
>
> This would remove the issue of finding other files such as text readme
> files that clutter up the search.
>
> On 03/10/11 17:29, Ian Santopietro wrote:
> > One could argue that the current system looks bad in Gnome 2 as
> > well, like it does on "that other OS!"
> >
> > In all seriousness, I think a Wine lens is definitely the way to
> > go. The new APIs in 11.10 should make it relatively easy to get a
> > scope and lens up and running.
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 02:43, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
> > <mikkel.kamstrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:mikkel.kamstrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am thinking through bug
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/__unity-lens-applications/+bug/__753276
> > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-lens-applications/+bug/753276>
> > "Currently no way to find wine apps in dash other than searching
> > them from search bar", and I think it would be helpful with some
> > good suggestions on the matter.
> >
> > Disclaimer: I am not gonna be the one who makes the final call on
> > the solution, that will be up to the design team. This is just a
> > brain storm.
> >
> > Problem statement: Wine likes to install apps in a deeply nested
> > hierarchy of folders (because that's like it works on Windows, I
> > assume). Behold this beauty for instance
> > https://launchpadlibrarian.__net/71484404/looks-bad-in-__unity.png
> > <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/71484404/looks-bad-in-unity.png>.
> > This maps poorly to the Unity UX because the apps lens uses a flat
> > system for the filters. Factoring in that the Wine launchers are
> > named generically because they are assumed to be read in the
> > context of the entire path to their location, we start getting hits
> > on "README" and "Uninstall" and suchlikes in Unity. Eeek! ;-) It'll
> > be helpful if you read the bug report as well.
> >
> > Implementing nested browsing of folders in the apps lens is the
> > obvious solution, but that also breaks horribly with the current
> > user experience. So the question is not "how can we make it like
> > it was in Gnome2", but  "how can we get the best UX with the Unity
> > UI language?".
> >
> > Pasting my own (only) idea from the bug: ... to not include Wine
> > apps in the apps lens, but write a dedicated lens for Wine apps.
> > Each app could then live in its' own category, bundling all
> > related launchers in that category. Living in a dedicated lens
> > gives much more wiggle room for custom layout and interactions. It
> > still doesn't entirely solve the problem in the global dash search
> > though, where you'd end up with hits in the odd launchers...
> >
> > Cheers, Mikkel
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