Re: Application category in desktop files

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr at mundo gmail com>]

Hi,

This is a very nice and simple idea for Gnome Goals. Also, nice as a
GNOME Love activity. It's a pity the idea came after code freeze.

Cheers!

--lucasr


2007/3/6, Ross Burton <ross burtonini com>:
> Hi,
>
> I recently discovered that "Application" isn't a valid category in the
> desktop specification, despite being used in most desktop files:
>
> ross blackadder /usr/share/applications
> $ grep Categories *.desktop | grep Application | wc -l
> 84
>
> Should there be a GnomeLove mission to clean up the categories field in
> every desktop file?  Removing Application, adding GNOME, adding
> OnlyShowIn as relevant, making sure as many categories are possible are
> specified, and so on.
>
> Ross
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