Bug#490670: goplay: implement button "start this application"

[Peter De Wachter]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:17:31 +0200
RalfGesellensetter <rgx at gmx.de> wrote:

> Package: goplay
> Version: 0.2-1+b1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> goPlay, goLearn and any other variation could become a central element
> of CDD's desktop if there was a simple button "start this application"
> implemented. Rather than browsing menus, the (novice) user would
> browse the goPlay/goLearn catalogue for relevant applications - and
> then start any installed application right from there.
> 
> This issue has been discussed recently on Debian-Edu mailing list.

I think this wouldn't be too hard. Goplay would need tor read the menu
information in some way, to figure out the correct command to
execute (either the Debian menu files, or the XDG desktop files). Maybe
goplay needs to register a menu-method? Though at first glance
menu-methods don't seem to get information on menu-entry/package
relationships.