locale specific for .desktop

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Thursday 18 October 2007 14:11:38 você escreveu:
> > I also know people who use different settings for different LC_*
> > variables.
>
> Yes, those changes should be considered.
> Please note users can launch the application directly with the command line
> if they need.

Not acceptable. If using the command line is acceptable for you, then you 
don't need to install the menu .desktop at all. And then we don't have this 
issue to discuss.

Imagine now that there are two applications that I need to use (for whatever 
reason). One only shows in the Brazilian Portuguese locale that I use and the 
other in Japanese.

Can you give me a good reason why I should have to *choose* one of those to 
show up in the menu? Why can't I have both? 

And if I can have both, why not simply show them for all locales?

Also think of the "principle of least surprise". Imagine that I have an 
application in my menu, but then I change my locale. It'll be a surprise to 
find out that the application has disappeared. How will I start it?

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