I think the requirement for the 'Applications' category may have been fixed - packages such as kmplot seem to display in the menus without having this category. There's still a problem with displaying science packages, though - there isn't a science category!
Would it be possible to add such a category in the Applications menu? Science apps currently get split between 'Education' and 'Other', which makes finding science applications more frustrating for users. I think all that's required is a small modification to applications.menu and to add a new science.directory file in /usr/share/desktop- directories/. This wouldn't add much to the delta for the gnome-menus package, as similar patches have already been applied. -- desktop files with Category=Science; don't show in the menus https://launchpad.net/bugs/47426 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
