Public bug reported: For example, copy the following to /usr/share/applications
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Kmatplot Plotter GenericName=Data Plotter Comment=A tool for plotting data sets in 2D or 3D Exec=kmatplot Icon=kmatplot Type=Application Terminal=false Categories=Math;Science; It doesn't show. Now in Categories add "Application". It shows (in Other). "Application" though isn't a registered fd.org category [1]. Thanks. [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html ** Affects: gnome-menus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed -- desktop files with Category=Science; don't show in the menus https://launchpad.net/bugs/47426 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
