[X2Go-Dev] Feedback: Published Applications

[Oleksandr Shneyder]

Am 08.03.2012 18:34, schrieb Mike Gabriel:
> Hi all,
> 
> thanks to Stefan we have another puzzle piece for making X2Go the
> non-plus-ultra solution for people offering Linux-SaaS.
> 
> There now is a new session mode called ,,Published Applications'',
> sponsored by Stefan Baur.
> 
> I have had a quick test look at the functionality, so here is a feedback
> list, also about other issues that I stumble upon while testing:
> 
>  - I use a dark Qt color theme, with a dark color theme some elements of
>    x2goclient are hardly readable on screen:
>      - session profile cards (right column of the screen=
>      - all buttons (suspend, new, terminate, etc.)
>      - also the button that allows me to launch a published application is
>        not readable on screen with my dark theme

Okay, I understand your problem, I'll set up a colour palette for font
in this widgets.

>      - when minimizing x2goclient to systray, I see an icon with
> transparent
>        background and black contours on a black system tray. Thus, I
> actually
>        see nothing...

I think, we should change a X2Go Icon and set a light background colour
instead of transparency.

BTW - this issues are not related to "Published Applications" feature, I
think it is not correct to discuss them in topic with such subject.

>   - Published applications: Some menu entries have icons, some do not.
> Where
>     do icons come from? Are they transferred from the server? Or are they
>     used from the client-side file system?

the icons are transferred from the server, certainly. You can find a
directory list, where X2Go server searching for icons in the
"x2gogetapps". If you just made a link /etc/x2go/applications ->
/usr/share/applications you will get a list with all possible desktops.
Some of them are not in fact desktop applications and have no icons in
directories like "<theme path>/<icon size>/apps". I think, for 99% of
applications, which you really want to publish on your server,
x2gogetapps will find the icon. In all other cases administrator just
should put the icon in one of generic icons directory - for example in
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/. If some one have a better idea
about icon resolution algorithm, feel free to talk with me about it.

>   - x2goclient is configure _not_ to minimize into the systray. After
>     establishing a published application session I see for buttons in the
>     center of the blue window area of x2goclient. The buttons do not fit in
>     there (they overlap).

I see, you font size is just too large. I'll think, how I can solve this
problem. I should find another place for "Applications..." button.


>   - Is there a concept for evaluating i18n parts of desktop files?
> Application
>     links appear in English still.

Actually, all localized strings from desktop files are transferred to
client. For example, if you client localization is de_DE, the strings
Name[de] and Comment[de] will be used to describe your application in
x2goclient. If this fields are not present in "desktop" file, "Name" and
"Comment" will be used.

>   - Alex, whenever we are about to release the new code, we should make
> a call
>     for translation, so that i18n files are updated with the new version

Good idea. But I don't think, that it is a target for developers. I
think we should found a "localization" group, which will take care about
localization. Volunteers?

> So much from the testing front here...
> 
> BTW: x2goserver installs and uninstalls/purges fine, I added the code in
> a rush this lunch time, but it seems to work well.
> 
> Mike
Nice. I'll  try to install packets from repo.

regards,
Alex
-- 
Oleksandr Shneyder
Dipl. Informatik
X2go Core Developer Team

email:  oleksandr.shneyder at obviously-nice.de
web: www.obviously-nice.de

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