Bug 125005

Summary:	missing Comment= in .desktop
Product:	[Applications] KEXI	Reporter:	Andrew Ziem <andrewz>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Jarosław Staniek <staniek>
Status:	CLOSED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrew Ziem 2006-04-06 01:38:39 UTC

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"

Comment 1 Jarosław Staniek 2006-04-07 12:03:22 UTC

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.

Comment 2 Thiago Macieira 2006-04-08 11:18:29 UTC

Missing Comment is not a bug

Comment 3 Jarosław Staniek 2006-06-22 09:37:13 UTC

Missing Comment is not a bug