[SOLVED] Missing XFCE menu item for GIMP

cmad · 2018-05-16 06:45:14

I have a custom XFCE whisker menu that I maintian in my ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu file. After the recent GIMP update, the menu item for GIMP has now vanished.

I've tried all the suggestions in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=104920 but they don't work.
The /usr/share/applications/gimp.desktop file is below (multi-language lines removed)

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=GNU Image Manipulation Program
GenericName=Image Editor
Comment=Create images and edit photographs
# Translators: Search terms to find this application. Do NOT translate or localize the semicolons! The list MUST also end with a semicolon!
Keywords=GIMP;graphic;design;illustration;painting;
Exec=gimp-2.10 %U
TryExec=gimp-2.10
Icon=gimp
Terminal=false
Categories=Graphics;2DGraphics;RasterGraphics;GTK;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=GIMP
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=General
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.10.0
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-OtherBinaries=gimp-2.10
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=image/bmp;image/g3fax;image/gif;image/x-fits;image/x-pcx;image/x-portable-anymap;image/x-portable-bitmap;image/x-portable-graymap;image/x-portable-pixmap;image/x-psd;image/x-sgi;image/x-tga;image/x-xbitmap;image/x-xwindowdump;image/x-xcf;image/x-compressed-xcf;image/x-gimp-gbr;image/x-gimp-pat;image/x-gimp-gih;image/tiff;image/jpeg;image/x-psp;application/postscript;image/png;image/x-icon;image/x-xpixmap;image/x-webp;image/svg+xml;application/pdf;image/x-wmf;image/jp2;image/x-xcursor;

& even though I never needed it in the past, I've now also added the following to my
~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu file to try & force it to appear

<Menu>
        <Name>Multimedia</Name>
        <Directory>xfce-multimedia.directory</Directory>
      <Include>
            <Or>
                <Category>Graphics</Category>
                <Filename>gimp.desktop</Filename>
            </Or>
        </Include>

I've never not been able to create a menu item before. Am I doing something wrong or is this something funny going on?

Last edited by cmad (2018-05-16 22:56:15)

cmad · 2018-05-16 07:05:55

I figured it out (pretty much straight after I posted the question)
I had another gimp.desktop file floating around locally in ~/.local/share/applications
It must have been interfering with the one in /usr/share/applications.
Just deleted it, rebooted & problem solved.

WorMzy · 2018-05-16 07:55:17

Thanks for sharing your solution. Please remember to mark your thread as solved by editing the first post and amending the topic title.

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#1 2018-05-16 06:45:14

[SOLVED] Missing XFCE menu item for GIMP

#2 2018-05-16 07:05:55

Re: [SOLVED] Missing XFCE menu item for GIMP

#3 2018-05-16 07:55:17

Re: [SOLVED] Missing XFCE menu item for GIMP

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