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#1 2007-10-23 16:41:08
- Roberth
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trouble with desktop file on gnome menu
Hello, anyone who can point the errors in this desktop file? it won't appear in my menu(gnome).
[roberth@Magda ~]$ cat /usr/share/applications/quake4.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.4.2
Name=Quake 4
Comment=First Person Shooter
Exec=/usr/bin/quake4
Icon=/home/roberth/39315-q4icon.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;GamesUse the Source, Luke!
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#2 2007-10-23 17:45:45
- Phrodo_00
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Re: trouble with desktop file on gnome menu
you are missing
Categories=Game;EDIT: Nevermind, I just didn't see it in what you posted.
Last edited by Phrodo_00 (2007-10-23 17:46:24)
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#3 2007-10-23 18:38:01
- Roberth
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Re: trouble with desktop file on gnome menu
Change
Categories=Application;Gamesto
Categories=Application;Game;And it works.
Use the Source, Luke!
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#4 2007-10-23 23:54:08
- Allan
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Re: trouble with desktop file on gnome menu
I am pretty sure Version is supposed to be the .desktop version the entry follows. Run desktop-file-validate (in desktop-file-utils pkg) to validate your file.
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