kmenuedit does not correctly handle the OnlyShowIn field
Bug #885124 reported by
Gard Spreemann
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| KDE Base Workspace |
Fix Released
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Medium
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| kde-workspace (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
A KDE bug (#283579 [1]) makes it impossible to add new menu entries to the application launcher due to kmenuedit incorrectly handling the .desktop field OnlyShowIn [2]. I submitted a patch to the KDE bug tracker, but I guess it'll take time for someone to pick it up. Since it's a small and non-invasive patch that restores a pretty important feature (adding to the launcher menu), perhaps it can be considered for inclusion into an upcoming Ubuntu version of kde-workspace?
The KDE bug's comments 8, 14 and 15 in particular explain the bug and the patch.
The patch was made against kde-workspace-
[1] https:/
[2] http://
Revision history for this message
| Gard Spreemann (gspreemann) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
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| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: patch |
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| Alessandro Menti (elgaton) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
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| Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
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| Alessandro Menti (elgaton) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
| importance: | Medium → Unknown |
| status: | Invalid → Unknown |
| Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
| Changed in kde-workspace (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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