Bug 39199

Summary:	desktop file disabled in gtk-client
Product:	Spice	Reporter:	Michael Chudobiak <mjc>
Component:	spice-gtk	Assignee:	Spice Bug List <spice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Michael Chudobiak 2011-07-13 11:06:43 UTC

data/Makefile.am has this in it, which disables the desktop file for spicy:


# TODO: not sure if we want to do that
#desktopdir       = $(datadir)/applications
#desktop_in_files = spicy.desktop.in
#desktop_DATA     = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
#@INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
#
#MIMEFILES = spice-mime.xml.in
#mimedir = $(datadir)/mime/packages
#mime_DATA = spice-mime.xml
#@INTLTOOL_XML_RULE@


These means that spicy doesn't show up as an app in gnome-shell, which makes life difficult - it has to be launched from the command line, or via a custom desktop file. Neither option is user-friendly.

Can you enable the desktop file?

- Mike

Comment 1 Marc-Andre Lureau 2011-07-13 13:05:51 UTC

hi Mike, 

as the comment says: "not sure if we want to do that"

We don't think spicy should be the fully-featured spice client. Right now, the official client is spicec. A replacement using spice-gtk is still on going. You might want to use vinagre Spice, which has a desktop file and a nicer UI, although it lacks some functionallity (mainly multi-head)

Comment 2 Michael Chudobiak 2011-09-14 12:34:17 UTC

> We don't think spicy should be the fully-featured spice client. Right now, the
> official client is spicec. A replacement using spice-gtk is still on going. You
> might want to use vinagre Spice, which has a desktop file and a nicer UI,
> although it lacks some functionallity (mainly multi-head)

I hope you'll re-consider - it's not a big deal to enable the desktop file. What's the downside, exactly?

gtk-spice has exactly the right balance of ease-of-use and functionality for my users, I've found.

In terms of mouse handling, and switching back to the desktop, gtk-spice works exactly right. It is a lot harder to get vinagre to work effortlessly on a gnome-shell desktop.

Not sure about spicec's functionality, but the non-gtk look is all wrong on my desktop.

- Mike

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