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[Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07-04-2012 06:02, Colin Law wrote:
> Does the Home Lens use the presence of .desktop files to show
> applications?  If so which folders does it search?  I notice that it
> does not find .desktop files on the Desktop.  Should it?
>
> Colin

As far as I know: yes, /usr/share/applications, no. The .desktop file 
will have to be written like an existing .desktop file, owned by 
root:root, readable and writable by the owner, readable by the group, 
readable by others and not executable.

Best regards,
Pedro Bessa