Menulibre creates two .desktop files in the user's Home directory

[Darin]

For every entry you create in menulibre, it creates a .desktop file in ~/.gnome/apps as well as in ~/.local/share/applications.

~/.local/share/applications follows the freedesktop $XDG spec, and the menus that I've tested on seem to watch that folder. The ~/.gnome folder seems very old. I don't know any applications that still use this folder as Gnome themselves follow the freedektop standard.

Is there still a reason Menulibre creates this directory. Is there any way it can be safely deprecated and removed?

Thanks!

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

We don't have any code in place that would specifically create these files. Can you let me know what desktop you're running so I can look further?

Thanks!

[Darin (newhoa)]

Hi, I just tested this again. I'm using Xubuntu 20.04, menulibre 2.2.1-1.

When I open menulibre I do this:

1) Click + > Add Launcher
2) Type a command (thunar)
3) Click Save

At this point no new .desktop file is created in ~/.gnome/apps. There is a .desktop file created in ~/.local/share/applications.

Now, in menulibre, if I expand a category (Accessories) and click "Move Down" until the Launcher goes into the expanded category (becomes a nested/child entry), THEN a .desktop file is created in ~/.gnome/apps.

If I delete this Launcher, it does delete the .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications but the .desktop file remains in ~/.gnome/apps.

Sorry for the very late response but I hope this helps. If I can add any more info let me know. Thanks.