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[Linux] desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry
The desktop file is lacking a Categories= entry in the *.desktop file.
According to the menu spec,
By including one of the Main Categories in an application's desktop entry file, the application will be ensured that it will show up in a section of the application menu dedicated to this category. If multiple Main Categories are included in a single desktop entry file, the entry may appear more than once in the menu.
Hence, please add at least one of the following in the Categories= key.
| Main Category | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AudioVideo | Application for presenting, creating, or processing multimedia (audio/video) | |
| Audio | An audio application | Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well |
| Video | A video application | Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well |
| Development | An application for development | |
| Education | Educational software | |
| Game | A game | |
| Graphics | Application for viewing, creating, or processing graphics | |
| Network | Network application such as a web browser | |
| Office | An office type application | |
| Science | Scientific software | |
| Settings | Settings applications | Entries may appear in a separate menu or as part of a "Control Center" |
| System | System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor | |
| Utility | Small utility application, "Accessories" |
In addition, you could specify one or more from the longer list of Additional Categories.
Please test the result with desktop-file-validate and make sure it passes.
electron-builder offers native support for this since v19.22.1.
Reference: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageHub/issues/2
Your email is not sufficient to tell me how to do this. I have constructed a file named .desktop put it in the top level folder of my code, with the content:
#for linux, required by github Type=Application Name=Dexter Development Environment Exec=dexter_dev_env Categories=Development,Education,Robotics
Is that sufficient?
After searching for 20 minutes, I found
no documentation on the web as to the
separator character between categories,
so I'm guessing its comma.
This will be in my next release.
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 5:42 AM, probonopd [email protected] wrote:
Latest release is still suffering from this. Should be easy to fix.
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Thanks @cfry. The specification is at https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html
Did you test your desktop fie using desktop-file-validate?
The following passes validation:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Dexter Development Environment
Comment=Develop and run software on the Dexter 5 axis robot arm
Exec=dexter_dev_env
Categories=Education;Robotics
Did you test your desktop fie using desktop-file-validate? No, I don't know how. I don't even have a linux machine, I do test on Windows and Mac which don't have the notion of a desktop file. I see that Categories needs a semicolon between items. Thanks!!!
PS: if this is a github requirement, how about if github hosts the desktop-file-validate tool? Maybe it even runs the tool automatically and emails the github author with any errors plus a link that has documentation (like what's the separator between categories -: ).
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:12 PM, probonopd [email protected] wrote:
The specification is at https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html
Did you test your desktop fie using desktop-file-validate?
The following passes validation:
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Dexter Development Environment Comment=Develop and run software on the Dexter 5 axis robot arm Exec=dexter_dev_env Categories=Education;Robotics
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Thanks cfry. This is not a GitHub requirement but a Desktop Linux requirement. electron-builder allows you to add a category, and it will write the desktop file for you. Please see the category key at https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux-other
OK, good. So this means I can get rid of my .desktop file after I've added
"build": { "appId": "com.haddington.dde", "linux": { "category": "Development;Education;Robotics" } }
to my package.json file?
Thanks for your help.
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:15 AM, probonopd [email protected] wrote:
Thanks cfry. This is not a GitHub requirement but a Desktop Linux requirement. electron-builder allows you to add a category, and it will write the desktop file for you. Please see the category key at https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux-other
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