Version: 1.5.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: Fedora RPMs When browsing the Applications->Office in GNOME 2.14, sometimes tooltips show you information about the program. However, there are errors preventing the proper display with some KDE programs. **Bug details for this bug report: kexi: missing Comment=; kformula: missing comment="Edit mathematical formulas" **Bug details for other bug reports (not yet filed): karbon: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Draw graphics by hand" [bug 125004] kchart: missing Comment=;suggestion: "Create graphics and charts" kivio: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Edit flowcharts and diagrams" kplato: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Management projects" kpresenter: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Create presentations" krita: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Edit and paint images" kspread: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Calculate, analyze, and present data" kugar: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Generate reports" kword: missing Comment=; suggestion: "Write text documents" korganizer: Comment= should be GenericName=; suggestion: "Schedule appointments, meetings, etc." as new Comment= **References: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s04.html http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121580 **System: Fedora Core 5 koffice 1.5.0 from vendor "Fedora Project" kdepim 3.5.1 from vendor "Red Hat, Inc"
Rex Dieter said the following, On 2006-04-06 14:42: > Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > >>http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125005 >> >>Is this true we should add Comment field? Or just switch from GenericName to >>Comment? > > > It appears the bugreport is more about empty Comments, ie, > Comment= > for which gnome produces an error (a GNOME bug, IMO). > > But, the submitter has a point that koffice's .desktop files should have > some form of Comment. I don't think Comment should take over what is > currently used for GenericName, however. Note the "should not be > redundant" part of: > http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s04.html > which says: > GenericName: Generic name of the application, for example "Web Browser". > Comment: Tooltip for the entry, for example "View sites on the > Internet", should not be redundant with Name or GenericName. Thanks for these notes; adding such field doesn't harm, so I guess I will add the following for Kexi 1.1 and later: Comment=Develop desktop database applications BTW, Other KOffice developers: I propose to do the same for other apps, eventually post proposals here.
Missing Comment is not a bug