Shared documentation system

Shaun McCance shaunm at gnome.org
Tue Jan 6 02:32:24 EET 2004


On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:01, Claes Holmerson wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Shaun McCance wrote:
> 
> > I hope you've all had a nice holiday.  Let's get this discussion fired
> > back up.
> 
> One thing I think would be very useful is if there was a way to find
> relevant Documentation .desktop files from an Application .desktop file.
> Would that need some special key in the Application .desktop file that
> points to them, or can it be derived in a simple way?

Oh, absolutely.  This is essential.  Once we have a simple means of
addressing documentation hammered out, we can easily add a key to the
applications' desktop files to give a listing of keys of all relevant
documentation.

We can't necessarily always derive this information automatically. 
While you could make a correct guess for most applications, that won't
cut it in the general case.  For instance, there is no Nautilus Manual. 
Rather, Nautilus documentation is in the GNOME User Guide.

--
Shaun





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