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unity-lens-applications package

  1. Bug #753276
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 753276

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Glenn Chugg (glennlchugg) wrote : Re: Currently no way to find wine apps in dash other than searching them from search bar

I do like the idea of a special Lens for WINE, seeing as it will be dedicated it would be possible to make it a Category Grouped list depending on the Folder given, eg:

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Microsoft Office
Word Excel Uninstall
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Photoshop
Photoshop ReadMe Uninstall
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Games
Serious Sam Crysis Doom 3 Far Cry Portal Half Life Uninstall ReadMe

of cause it will have the icons and the Uninstaller and ReadMe's will be unknown , perhaps the mouse Hover event can display the TRUE folder information, eg hovering Uninstall will show /Games/Doom 3/Uninstall.exe, this would enable you to know what each one is for, perhaps you could use the parent folder name in the title

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Microsoft Office
Word Excel Microsoft Office/Uninstall
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Photoshop
Photoshop Photoshop/ReadMe Photoshop/Uninstall
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Games
Serious Sam Crysis Doom 3 Far Cry Portal Half Life Doom 3/Uninstall Serious Sam/ReadMe

By using the Start menu parent it should collate them nicely even if you put them back in to the BIG Lens again actually ;)

The better idea would be to hide all items called ReadMe, Uninstall and other generic titles that are associated with WINE installs (.desktop files).