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

[Sebastian Silva]

I know this topic has been discussed here more than once.
I feel there is a resistance because of a "purity" of design. 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 
<http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html#install_icons> 
and icon naming conventions 
<http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html#guidelines> 
for non-sugar applications, instead of the grey dot in the Frame.
2. Support Freedesktop.Org Desktop Entry specification 
<http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.0.html> 
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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