80233 – xfce4 places xfce specific programs in the gnome application menu

Bug 80233 - xfce4 places xfce specific programs in the gnome application menu

Summary: xfce4 places xfce specific programs in the gnome application menu

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	XFCE Team

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Reported:	2005-01-31 10:46 UTC by Tom Harris
Modified:	2005-06-16 16:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tom Harris 2005-01-31 10:46:02 UTC

The xfce4 ebuild is placing xfce specific programs (e.g. Xfdiff) in the Gnome "Applications" menu.  This is most likely because of the new freedesktop.org specifications which places all .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.  I tried adding OnlyShowIn=XFCE to the .desktop files but this didn't work.  Others on the Gentoo Forums have reported the same problem.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge gnome
2. emerge xfce
3. log into gnome
4. click "Applications"

Actual Results:  
XFCE specific applications (such as Xfdiff, or XFCE file manager) are in the
Gnome "Applications" menu.  This is undesirable, as a Gnome user is unlikely to
want to run these, and would rather run the Gnome equivalents.

Expected Results:  
XFCE specific applications should only be seen in the XFCE menu, not in the
Gnome "Applications" menu.

Comment 1 Anton Romanov 2005-02-17 07:20:19 UTC

The standard specifies one unified directory, which is $datadir/applications/

Comment 2 Brad Cowan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-16 16:52:23 UTC

This has been discussed upstream and the behavior may be changed a little with
upcoming releases, but otherwise its assumed to be the correct behavior