Re: [hatari-devel] Preparing release 2.3 - *.desktop content

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 10/21/20 6:27 PM, Nicolas Pomarède wrote:
> Le 21/10/2020 à 16:52, Thomas Huth a écrit :
> > On 21/10/2020 10.43, Eero Tamminen wrote:
> > > > > What description others would prefer for Hatari?
> > > >
> > > > > 1. Run Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon software
> > > > > 2. Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator
> > > > > 3. Emulator for Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon computers
> > > > > 4. Something else?
> > > >
> > > > I like (2) because it is the most concise in english.
> > >
> > > Ok, so the tally is so far:
> > >
> > > * Nicolas & Laurent, 3) for completeness
> > >
> > > * David & me, 2) for brevity
> > >    - same Hatari description as what will be in parenthesis in Hatari UI
> > > .desktop file
> > >
> > > Thomas, any comments?
> >
> > I slightly prefer 3) over 2) ... but got really no strong opinion here.
>
> I prefer 3 because I think it's better to have "emulator" at the start 
> of the description so the user can immediately see what each app is 
> doing when browsing a list of apps in his distro.
>
> Maybe "computers" could be removed to make it shorter as in 2) as 
> someone who knows what is an Atari ST certainly knows that it's a 
> computer :)

I think it reads better when having "computers" at
end.  I've pushed now your suggestions for the
..desktop files.

=> If you want to add translations to them,
   feel free!


	- Eero