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[Bug 803664] Re: Desktop file directories under $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/* don't support hyphen in name

 

That bug is believed to have been fixed in Unity 2D by bzr revision 630
and part of release 3.8.12 availabled in Oneiric and Natty in the daily
PPA: https://launchpad.net/~unity-2d-team/+archive/unity-2d-daily

** Changed in: unity-2d
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Desktop file directories under $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/* don't
  support hyphen in name

Status in Screenlets — individual widgets development:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity 2D:
  Incomplete
Status in Unity Applications Place:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity-place-applications” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Following http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-
  spec-1.0.html#paths

  If I put a desktop file under the folder /usr/share/applications/foobar, then it's displayed in dash all right.
  If I put the same desktop file under the directory /usr/share/applications/foo-bar, then it's name in dash is blank.

  See screenshot at https://launchpadlibrarian.net/74310396/Screenshot.png
  Connected bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/screenlets/+bug/803599

  Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit
  Unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1

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