FS#29804 - [xterm] has no desktop file, which makes gnome sad

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jorge Scandaliaris (jorgesca) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 14:56 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Sunday, 13 May 2012, 08:01 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: xterm does not include a desktop entry file, which causes problems in gnome 3 (gnome-shell lists xterm as "untracked", meaning that each xterm window is treated as a different application, i.e. no window grouping, and non-standard behavior when using alt-tab)


Additional info:
* package version(s)
extra/xterm 278-1
gnome 3.4
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
1- Launch two xterm windows.
2- Activate overview mode (alt-f1 or "windows" key): As many xterm icons appear in the dash as xterms are open, that is, the grouping does not work.
3- Switching between windows of same applications (alt-key above tab) does not work, one has to use alt-tab instead, which breaks the semantics of alt-tab alt-key above tab in gnome

I had just hacked two xterm.desktop and uxterm.desktop out of gnome-terminal.desktop. It seems to work here.

   uxterm.desktop (6.1 KiB)
   xterm.desktop (6.1 KiB)
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 08:01 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  upstream .desktop files addes from source tarball
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 17:06 GMT
PLEASE ENTER SUMMARY

Also, you forgot the Afrikaans and Armenian translations.
Comment by Jorge Scandaliaris (jorgesca) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 17:28 GMT
I am sorry for omitting the summary, but it seems I cannot modify tasks, or at least I couldn't find how to do it.
Regarding missing translations, I just modified gnome-terminal entry, given that its description, Terminal, was appropriated to xterm. I don't speak Afrikans nor Armenian.

A summary could be
[xterm] does not include a desktop entry file, which introduces some non-standard behavior in gnome 3
Comment by Jorge Scandaliaris (jorgesca) - Monday, 07 May 2012, 17:37 GMT
I detected a typo in the description:

Item 2 should read:

2- Activate overview mode (alt-f1 or "windows" key): As many xterm icons appear *in the dash* as xterms are open, that is, the grouping does not work.