In Debian Edu Jessie, only programs with a desktop entry in /usr/share/applications/ show up in the GNU application menu. Earlier, programs with entries in /usr/share/menu/ also showed up, but this is no longer used in Debian Edu. Programs with desktop entries can also list the MIME types they handle. This get the desktop GUI to automatically suggest to open a file with the program in question if the file type matches the supported MIME types.
Unfortunately there are still some packages missing desktop files. We got the /usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/missing-desktop-file script to list the problematic entries. This is the list on a Thin Client server: package menu got menu but no desktop file package bash got menu but no desktop file package bc got menu but no desktop file package dash got menu but no desktop file package dc got menu but no desktop file package ddccontrol got menu but no desktop file package deborphan got menu but no desktop file package dia got menu but no desktop file package dia-gnome got menu but no desktop file package gdb got menu but no desktop file package gnuchess got menu but no desktop file package gnuplot-qt got menu but no desktop file package nano got menu but no desktop file package ncftp got menu but no desktop file package procps got menu but no desktop file package psmisc got menu but no desktop file package sane got menu but no desktop file package stk got menu but no desktop file package tasksel got menu but no desktop file package tcl8.6 got menu but no desktop file package texlive-base got menu but no desktop file package timidity got menu but no desktop file package tk8.5 got menu but no desktop file package tk8.6 got menu but no desktop file package x11-apps got menu but no desktop file package x11-utils got menu but no desktop file package x11-xserver-utils got menu but no desktop file package xplanet got menu but no desktop file Some of these are not really valid (like the dia one, which have the menu and desktop files in different packages), as the programs in question are not GUI tools, but some of them should be fixed. I'm aware of these bug reports regarding these: stk #708791 gnuchess #737916 gnuplot-qt #761470 timidity #761472 Should other programs listed also have desktop files? If you got time, I am sure a patch to the bug in question will be most welcome, and it will increase the chance of having the bug fixed quickly. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
