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I have noticed that the text editor kate from the "Utilties" sub-menu never show up in there.
Programs like VirtualBox, Audacity, LibreOffice, konsole and k3b (all started from the "Application menu") do.
But not kate.
Is there any reason? Is there a way to fix this?
TIA.
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Works fine here. What do your logs say? What is the output when you run Kate from a terminal? Did you logout/in after installing Kate? What does your research into this (your) problem show? Plasma is a somewhat "heavy" environment and menu changes sometimes don't show immediately. Speaking of such, which KDE menu application is involved?
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What do your logs say?
Which logs?
The only thing I see in the logs (actually systemd journal) is something like this:
plasmashell[824]: KActivitiesStats( 0x564bc862e390 ) ResultModelPrivate::onResultScoreUpdated result added: "applications:org.kde.kate.desktop" score: 5.95581 last: 1526453177 first: 1521384562
but I have no idea about the meaning.
What is the output when you run Kate from a terminal?
There's no output at all.
Did you logout/in after installing Kate?
Sure. I logout every day. I installed kate long ago.
Nonetheless my "recent applications" seems to be persistent among logins and logouts.
That's what I would expect from such a feature, though.
What does your research into this (your) problem show?
No research so far, just wondering why some programs get into that menu, and some don't.
Plasma is a somewhat "heavy" environment and menu changes sometimes don't show immediately. Speaking of such, which KDE menu application is involved?
I don't really get this point. Some programs get into the recents menu, and some don't. Those who do, do it immediately.
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Which logs?
The only thing I see in the logs (actually systemd journal) is something like this:plasmashell[824]: KActivitiesStats( 0x564bc862e390 ) ResultModelPrivate::onResultScoreUpdated result added: "applications:org.kde.kate.desktop" score: 5.95581 last: 1526453177 first: 1521384562
but I have no idea about the meaning.
You added or changed kate. Whatever it was, this reflects it.
There's no output at all.
To be expected if kate loads correctly.
Sure. I logout every day. I installed kate long ago.
Nonetheless my "recent applications" seems to be persistent among logins and logouts.
That's what I would expect from such a feature, though.
It will show on a "recently used" menu but not a "recently added" menu.
No research so far, just wondering why some programs get into that menu, and some don't.
Your's is the first post of this nature that I recall in recent times. Hence I ask if you have at least Googled the problem and/or other research so we don't have to do it for you. My applications launcher, the stock Kicker (?) application launcher--actually a plasmoid nowadays--does not have a "Recent applications" menu.
I don't really get this point. Some programs get into the recents menu, and some don't. Those who do, do it immediately.
I meant do not expect a newly added application to immediately show up in the app launcher. Sometimes a logout/in or reboot may be required.
Look, if you are using any application launcher--there are several--other than the default for Plasma, say so and which one. Also, please differentiate between "recently added" and recently used."
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Sure. I logout every day. I installed kate long ago.
Nonetheless my "recent applications" seems to be persistent among logins and logouts.
That's what I would expect from such a feature, though.It will show on a "recently used" menu but not a "recently added" menu.
I never talked about "recently added". The OP title says "recent applications". I cannot find any "recently added" sub-menu to the KDE Application menu, though.
No research so far, just wondering why some programs get into that menu, and some don't.
Your's is the first post of this nature that I recall in recent times. Hence I ask if you have at least Googled the problem and/or other research so we don't have to do it for you. My applications launcher, the stock Kicker (?) application launcher--actually a plasmoid nowadays--does not have a "Recent applications" menu.
Mine is the first post as it seems I am among the few using the Application Menu instead of the Application Dashboard or the Application Launcher.
I don't really get this point. Some programs get into the recents menu, and some don't. Those who do, do it immediately.
I meant do not expect a newly added application to immediately show up in the app launcher. Sometimes a logout/in or reboot may be required.
Look, if you are using any application launcher--there are several--other than the default for Plasma, say so and which one. Also, please differentiate between "recently added" and recently used."
I don't expect either to see an added application to show up in the Recent Application sub-menu.
But I do expect to see an used application to show up in the Recent Application sub-menu.
I fear I've been really unclear in the OP.
With "Recent Application" I mean that submenu labelled as "Recent Application" where a number of newly used applications show up.
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You are not alone. I see the same problem although it doesn't bother me.
I think you need to backup and the delete the menu files. I did do this to some "random" files in ~/.config and reloaded and it has worked. Don't ask which ones though.
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You are not alone. I see the same problem although it doesn't bother me.
I think you need to backup and the delete the menu files. I did do this to some "random" files in ~/.config and reloaded and it has worked. Don't ask which ones though.
Thanks for your support.
That's not a real problem, as kate is working fine.
It's more an annoyance.
I don't use more than 10 programs and putting all of them in the task manager would bloat it: the recent applications submenu was instead rather useful.
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