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Education category missing in application finder
Status:
RESOLVED: MOVED
Product:
Xfce4-appfinder
Component:
General

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Description scootergrisen 2019-05-24 23:44:11 CEST
The Education category does not show in application finder.
It shows in applications menu and whisker menu.

So i suggest they all show the same.
Either all show the menu or none of them show it.

Version 4.13.2.
Comment 1 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-05-25 16:15:28 CEST
Created attachment 8582 
screenshot

It is shown here.
Comment 2 scootergrisen 2019-05-25 17:47:58 CEST
I have 4.13.3 now.
What version do you have?

Seems app finder dont show the education category if the program is also in the Office category:

So if i remove "Office;" from the following line in the .desktop file i can see Education category in app finder.
Categories=Office;Spreadsheet;Education;Science;Math;

I also tested if it was because there was only 1 program in Education but having 3 programs in education did not show the category.
Comment 3 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-05-25 18:43:17 CEST
Same version. I added "Office" to the Categories line, and now the entry shows up in both categories.

Categories=Office;Education;Math;

Can you reproduce the problem with a new user account?
Comment 4 scootergrisen 2019-05-25 22:07:54 CEST
Works with new user it seems but this is so weird...

If i edit/save the .desktop file while appfinder is open i can see the changes live.
Which is super cool.

But the strange thing is that the category only shows in appfinder if the name starts with a certain characters.

Like the category is visible with:
Name=a
Name=b
Name=c
..
Name=k

But not with:
Name=l
Name=m
Name=n
...
Name=z

Visible with:
Name=bb

But not with:
Name=aa
Comment 5 scootergrisen 2019-05-25 22:26:15 CEST
Try:

Start:
xfce4-appfinder

Notice if Education category is there.

sudo mousepad /usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-education.directory

Insert a character between l-z before "Education".

So:
Name=Education

Becomes:
Name=zEducation

Look at appfinder and save.
See if the category will show.



I think you see because "Education" in Name=Education just happens to start with a "e" which is between a-k.
But for languages like swedish that uses Name[sv]=Utbildning with a "U" the category will not show.
Comment 6 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-05-26 12:08:01 CEST
I changed "Name=Education" to "Name=zEducation" and the entry moved down to the bottom of the category list.
Comment 7 scootergrisen 2019-05-26 15:28:09 CEST
How can i see error messages etc. from xfce4-appfinder?
Comment 8 scootergrisen 2019-05-29 17:56:11 CEST
Ok i just installed xubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso from fresh in VirtualBox and i have not changed a thing and Education category is not in appfinder 4.13.2 when using danish.

I run:
sudo mousepad /usr/share/desktop-directories/xfce-education.directory

And add [a-k] af first character in Name.

From:
Name=Education
To:
Name=aEducation

Save file and the category shows.
Remove the a and save file and the category is gone again.
Comment 9 Git Bot editbugs 2020-05-26 00:56:26 CEST
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Bug #15458

Reported by:
scootergrisen
Reported on: 2019-05-24
Last modified on: 2020-05-26

People

Assignee:
Xfce Bug Triage
CC List:
1 user

Version

Version:
4.13.3

Attachments

screenshot (42.20 KB, image/png)
2019-05-25 16:15 CEST , Theo Linkspfeifer
no flags

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