Re: [Linphone-users] Add MimeType entry to desktop file (utilise Xdg)

[Genghis Khan]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:22:12 -0700
John White <address@hidden> wrote:

> This worked well....Linphone now opens from the GUI. Must admit I
> had to give up on MenuLibre as it apparently requires slackware 14.
> Vector is working on that now.
> 

Please ignore my proposal concerning to MenuLibre as it is merely a
Desktop Launcher editor and does not support editing of Desktop
Launchers of Link Types, as it seems, nor it support editing of
reordering menu categories.

> As to the slow loading, that problem is solved (I took all the
> "friends" out of linphonerc. However, I now have to copy and paste
> contact info (phone numbers), so that's a bummer. I am looking at
> faster ways to do this.
> 

Did you try to execute (double click) the Desktop Launcher I attached?
Would you like to use your system menu to manage your contacts?
Which Desktop Environment are you using?

> As to the problem with "enable self view" I can't tell if that is
> fixed or not (I doubt it) as I no longer have any video codecs in 
> preferences. They are apparently in linphonerc, but don't show in
> the gui window. I probably don't know how to pass VIDEO=yes to the
> build script. Here is what I do:
> 
> # ./linphone.SlackBuild VIDEO=yes
> 
> I then use installpkg to install the SBO file. Linphone runs when I
> do this but does the Video Input Device is greyed out and no video
> codecs show in Preferences.
> 
> You have already done more than enough. Still, any thoughts you have 
> about any of this, are most appreciated.
> 
> Genghis Khan wrote:
> >>> I suggest to import most of your contacts that are not being used
> >>> > >often into an external contact management program that would
> >>> > >display contacts in click-able hyperlinks and then use the
> >>> > >solution I have proposed.
> >> >
> >> >I think this a good idea and will try to find such a program.
> >> >
> > Please let me know when you do. I tried to use the address book of
> > Claws Mail and I have failed to make a click-able sip: URI.
> >
> > In the meantime I think I have a very strange solution which you
> > might like.
> >
> > Using the Start Menu Application launcher (of freeDesktop.org).
> > More information athttp://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu
> >
> > Add a category called VoIP and then extract the attached desktop
> > file to ~/.local/share/applications/
> >
> > This is the content of the attached file:
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Encoding=UTF-8
> > Name=iptel Early Music
> > GenericName=Test Music VoIP Bot
> > Comment=Call to iptel Early Music
> > Type=Link
> > URL=sip:address@hidden
> > Icon=sip-bookmark
> > Categories=VoIP;
> >
> > You might want to do some of the above actions using MenuLibre.
> > http://www.smdavis.us/projects/menulibre
> > https://launchpad.net/menulibre
> >
> 


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