You have been subscribed to a public bug: If you modify a desktop file in /usr/share/applications (say change leafpad's name to leafpad - changed), it gets picked up immediately after saving the file when using the dash (by typing leaf, "leafpad - changed" would pop up.
For files in ~/.local/share/applications, this does not hold. Editing them is not picked up by the dash and presumably the bamf. One needs to usually change the name of the desktop file for it to be noticed. And that does not work 100 % either. ** Affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications are not picked up when updated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360600 You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity-lens-applications in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp