[Sugar-devel] Better support for running non-sugar apps under Sugar (also pls sugarize aseprite) :-)

[Walter Bender]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Sebastian Silva
<sebastian at fuentelibre.org> wrote:
> I know this topic has been discussed here more than once.
> I feel there is a resistance because of a "purity" of design.

I feel there is a resistance because no one has written the patch.
(Patches welcome).

> However it's a
> bit silly that we need to reinvent everything because we have a thing for
> simplicity.
> For instance I'm doing a workshop with children and I'd have liked to use
> "aseprite", a pixel art design program that has everything I need and a
> simple interface. Paint activity isn't quite apt for the job.
>
> So I guess I can contribute to define what I mean:
>
> 1. Support Freedesktop.Org Icon specification and icon naming conventions
> for non-sugar applications, instead of the grey dot in the Frame.
> 2. Support Freedesktop.Org Desktop Entry specification for launching
> non-sugar applications. Proposal: use ~/.sugar/launchers/ for .desktop
> files. These would appear in the Home View, much like Activities do.
>
> I know we are in Feature Freeze but I only want to propose and discuss the
> merits of the feature, so maybe I or others can invest the time required to
> achieve this for the next release.
>
> Regards,
> Sebastian
> PS: Extra points for sugarizing aseprite, it's really cool:
> http://www.aseprite.org/ . Hints and pointers on where to begin are also
> welcome.
>
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