#784386 gnome-shell doesn't show applications from /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/

Package:
gnome-shell
Source:
gnome-shell
Description:
graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Submitter:
Dennis van Dok
Date:
2015-05-06 09:33:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#784386#5
Date:
2015-05-05 22:51:02 UTC
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Recently upgraded to Jessie. Gnome shell doesn't show applications
that do not have a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications. For
instance gltron. Not sure if this is a bug with gltron, but the
menu-xdg package converts Debian menu entries to .desktop files.

Shouldn't gnome shell be set up to read entries from
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg as well?

I couldn't find how to easily add my own applications to the list.
#784386#10
Date:
2015-05-06 00:04:44 UTC
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Am 06.05.2015 um 00:51 schrieb Dennis van Dok:

This is by design.

What menu(-xdg) dumps there is basically unusable and makes a complete
mess of the GNOME menu. So we decided to not show menu-xdg generated
.desktop files.
IIRC, KDE has gone the same way.

Please file a bug against gltron to provide a proper .desktop file.
#784386#15
Date:
2015-05-06 09:11:12 UTC
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OK, thanks for clearing that up. I couldn't find any information about
how GNOME under Debian finds applications.

It worked before, but now it's apparently broken.

Dennis
#784386#20
Date:
2015-05-06 09:15:46 UTC
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