Minor GNOME and KDE menu annoyance

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Jul 21 03:48:53 UTC 2008


Timothy Murphy wrote:

> But I still find the menu arrangement rather puzzling.
> Why do I find Paired Bluetooth Devices under Lost and Found?
> Why is Terminal under System, while Display is under Administration?

It's no mystery, and definitely not rocket-science.

Apps' .desktop files include app "Categories", and the menu system displays them accordingly.  Lost and Found is where apps go that don't adhere to the menu-spec (ie, it's a bug).

See also:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/

-- Rex





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