Re: Gambas Farm

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 at 11:50, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 25/08/2025 à 11:33, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 at 10:12, Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@gambas-
> > basic.org <mailto:benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Le 24/08/2025 à 15:28, gbWilly a écrit :
> >      > When you open the Farm from IDE and go to Category 'All' and sort
> on
> >      > 'Most recent' you will see at 'Blokski+' and 'Screenshot' at 5
> and 6.
> >      >
> >      > If you install 'Blokski+' it will create a .desktop file in
> .local/
> >      > share/applications
> >      > If you install 'Screenshot' it will NOT create a .desktop file
> >      > in .local/share/applications
> >      >
> >
> >     When you publish a software in the Gambas farm, there is an option
> that
> >     tells if a menu entry (the desktop file) should be created or not.
> >
> >     The publisher of the 'Screenshot' application just didn't check the
> >     option.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     --
> >     Benoît Minisini
> >
> >
> > How does that work though Ben?
> > Ie. how exactly does my Blockski+ know to go into the "Games" category?
> > Is it because i set the Game Tag, or is it because i ran the "make
> > installation package" and set menu categories there?
>
> Because you choose the "Game" tag. The list of tags include all desktop
> file "categories" that is used by the desktop to choose in which menu
> the icon should be placed.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini


Aah I see, thank you Ben that's good to know :)

Respects
BruceS