[tor-bugs] #3544 [Tor bundles/installation]: Add to menu option for TBB

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#3544: Add to menu option for TBB
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 Reporter:  phobos                    |          Owner:  erinn                        
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.3.x-stable
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                               
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Changes (by mildred593):

 * cc: mildred-pub.tor@… (added)


Comment:

 Hi,

 I was one of these people that didn't use the bundle, in part because it
 was not integrated in the desktop (gnome-shell). Another reason is that it
 was not packaged with the distribution. Also, I think that the tor daemon
 should be like any other daemons, started by the system init.

 Now that TorButton cannot be switched off, I removed it from Firefox and
 tried to get the TBB.

 Unfortunately, the TBB just shows a shell script on linux versions, and
 there is no .desktop file. Consequently, there is no way to start it from
 the gnome-shell. I created a simple .desktop file, but it misbehaves with
 the dock.

 The reason is that TBB starts two applications (as seen by gnome-shell)
 and my .desktop file is a 3rd application in my dock.

 There are two ways to get it right I think:

  * have two applications:
    * TBB: this is the one the user starts, when started, it start
 automatically vidalia (if not already started).
    * vidalia: started automatically by other bundle applications, or
 started manually when one just wants the tor daemon running with no
 application. Additionally, it could feature a menu as suggested in #5693

  * have all three applications joined in a single one. If you only have a
 browser it's manageable, but it becomes a bit messy if there are other
 bundled application such as a chat application. It could feature the icon
 presented in #5467

 Of course, a .desktop file should be bundled in. At startup, the .desktop
 files should be symlinked to ~/.local/share/applications and the user just
 have to "favourite" the application to make it appear permanently in the
 dock.

 (the symlink to ~/.local/share/applications is essential because if not,
 the "favourite" action to keep the application in the dock will most
 probably feature an incorrect Exec= line in the .desktop entry)

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