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NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux
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Determine correct location of TimeMon.app #270

Closed pgeorgi closed 4 years ago

pgeorgi commented 4 years ago

The WMState config looks for /Applications/TimeMon.app/TimeMon while the config as used by the debian package installs it to /usr/NextSpace/Apps/TimeMon.app/...

Once I know where it should reside, I can fix up the part that is incorrect. Are there docs describing where parts should end up?

trunkmaster commented 4 years ago

Unfortunately, there is no documentaion for filesystem hierarchy. The basic idea may be described as: put all stuff that shouldn't be visible to the user into /usr/NextSpace. Otherwise /Applications, /Library, /Developer is a right locations.

pgeorgi commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the explanation. To fill this out with some example: I guess Workspace and Login aren't supposed to be user-visible (because they're started by the system and remain persistent: there's little reason for users to interact with the binaries). TextEdit is user visible.

Back to the issue at hand: What about TimeMon?

alexmyczko commented 4 years ago

I would suggest to keep it consistent and not separate. Users might want to load stuff with Gorm and make translations (localization). If it is Gorm based...

trunkmaster commented 4 years ago

@pgeorgi TimeMon as well as Preferences can be detached from the Dock and not start after login. It should be possible to drag application to Dock from File Viewer or launch application. Moreover TimeMon may be replaced with some other monitoring application and even deleted. I guess the answer is obvious.

trunkmaster commented 4 years ago

@alexmyczko I suppose you mean special user - developer. This type of user should be familiar with environment concepts and go directly to the Workspace app bundle with Workspace's Finder.