Disclaimer: I'm a student, and not a Python programmer, and have only been looking at Alacarte's code for an hour and a half or so. So this might all be totally off-base.
Regarding the missing icon extensions, I think I found where it's happening. In ItemEditor.py (found here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- branches/ubuntu/saucy/alacarte/saucy/view/head:/Alacarte/ItemEditor.py ), line 68: def set_icon_string(image, icon): if GLib.path_is_absolute(icon): image.props.file = icon else: image.props.icon_name = strip_extensions(icon) I did some testing, and an icon path that got stripped on saving in Main Menu return True when passed to GLib.path_is_absolute. So if icon is being passed to set_icon_string properly, then we shouldn't have this issue. The only place where we see set_icon_string used is on line 144: def set_icon(self, ctl, name): try: val = self.keyfile.get_string(DESKTOP_GROUP, name) except GLib.GError: pass else: set_icon_string(self.builder.get_object(ctl), val) The value returned by self.keyfile.get_string(DESKTOP_GROUP, name) must not be evaluating True in GLib.path_is_absolute. Why? No idea. And that's about all the sleuthing I can do at 1 am. I might take another look soon, though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244087 Title: Ubuntu 13.10 Main Menu editor Problem Status in “alacarte” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I just ungraded to *Ubuntu 13.10* using ) *Gnome (classic) Desktop*. The [Main Menu] editor does NOT work properly. I cannot ADD items. I CAN edit and move existing items only. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/1244087/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
