Where can I find a canonical list of categories for desktop files in XFCE?












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I am running Debian 9 (stretch) and XFCE. I am creating a desktop file so I can launch Mozilla Thunderbird from the Whisker menu. I would like Thunderbird to have the right value for its Categories attribute. I generated a list of categories using the following command. An example of the command's output also follows.



cd /usr/share/applications

grep -i -P -e "^[Cc]ategories[=].*" ./*.desktop | sort | uniq


List of Categories
enter image description here



However, the list I generated might not be complete. I have read other questions including:




  • How do I create an Xfce application menu containing only the contents
    of one category?

  • Add icons/menu items for applications in XFCE

  • Empty XFCE Applications menu


Where can I find a complete and canonical list of categories?



Here is the desktop file I created.



[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=Thunderbird

GenericName=Thunderbird mail client

Comment=Check email using a local Thunderbird mail client

Exec=/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird %F

Icon=/home/username/Pictures/Icons/thunderbird-256.png

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Network;Office;Email;

MimeType=message/rfc822;message/x-gnu-rmail;

X-XFCE-MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;





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    I am running Debian 9 (stretch) and XFCE. I am creating a desktop file so I can launch Mozilla Thunderbird from the Whisker menu. I would like Thunderbird to have the right value for its Categories attribute. I generated a list of categories using the following command. An example of the command's output also follows.



    cd /usr/share/applications
    
grep -i -P -e "^[Cc]ategories[=].*" ./*.desktop | sort | uniq


    List of Categories
    enter image description here



    However, the list I generated might not be complete. I have read other questions including:




    • How do I create an Xfce application menu containing only the contents
      of one category?

    • Add icons/menu items for applications in XFCE

    • Empty XFCE Applications menu


    Where can I find a complete and canonical list of categories?



    Here is the desktop file I created.



    [Desktop Entry]
    
Version=1.0
    
Name=Thunderbird
    
GenericName=Thunderbird mail client
    
Comment=Check email using a local Thunderbird mail client
    
Exec=/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird %F
    
Icon=/home/username/Pictures/Icons/thunderbird-256.png
    
Terminal=false
    
Type=Application
    
Categories=Network;Office;Email;
    
MimeType=message/rfc822;message/x-gnu-rmail;
    
X-XFCE-MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;





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      I am running Debian 9 (stretch) and XFCE. I am creating a desktop file so I can launch Mozilla Thunderbird from the Whisker menu. I would like Thunderbird to have the right value for its Categories attribute. I generated a list of categories using the following command. An example of the command's output also follows.



      cd /usr/share/applications
      
grep -i -P -e "^[Cc]ategories[=].*" ./*.desktop | sort | uniq


      List of Categories
      enter image description here



      However, the list I generated might not be complete. I have read other questions including:




      • How do I create an Xfce application menu containing only the contents
        of one category?

      • Add icons/menu items for applications in XFCE

      • Empty XFCE Applications menu


      Where can I find a complete and canonical list of categories?



      Here is the desktop file I created.



      [Desktop Entry]
      
Version=1.0
      
Name=Thunderbird
      
GenericName=Thunderbird mail client
      
Comment=Check email using a local Thunderbird mail client
      
Exec=/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird %F
      
Icon=/home/username/Pictures/Icons/thunderbird-256.png
      
Terminal=false
      
Type=Application
      
Categories=Network;Office;Email;
      
MimeType=message/rfc822;message/x-gnu-rmail;
      
X-XFCE-MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;





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      I am running Debian 9 (stretch) and XFCE. I am creating a desktop file so I can launch Mozilla Thunderbird from the Whisker menu. I would like Thunderbird to have the right value for its Categories attribute. I generated a list of categories using the following command. An example of the command's output also follows.



      cd /usr/share/applications
      
grep -i -P -e "^[Cc]ategories[=].*" ./*.desktop | sort | uniq


      List of Categories
      enter image description here



      However, the list I generated might not be complete. I have read other questions including:




      • How do I create an Xfce application menu containing only the contents
        of one category?

      • Add icons/menu items for applications in XFCE

      • Empty XFCE Applications menu


      Where can I find a complete and canonical list of categories?



      Here is the desktop file I created.



      [Desktop Entry]
      
Version=1.0
      
Name=Thunderbird
      
GenericName=Thunderbird mail client
      
Comment=Check email using a local Thunderbird mail client
      
Exec=/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird %F
      
Icon=/home/username/Pictures/Icons/thunderbird-256.png
      
Terminal=false
      
Type=Application
      
Categories=Network;Office;Email;
      
MimeType=message/rfc822;message/x-gnu-rmail;
      
X-XFCE-MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;





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          freedesktop.org maintains a lot of the xdg standards, including categories.



          https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html



          Email is an additional category that can be used with the Network or Office category. Some of the additional categories should be used with one of the main categories, others can be used with any of them.



          Weather this is well enforced or merely a suggestion, I don't know.






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            freedesktop.org maintains a lot of the xdg standards, including categories.



            https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html



            Email is an additional category that can be used with the Network or Office category. Some of the additional categories should be used with one of the main categories, others can be used with any of them.



            Weather this is well enforced or merely a suggestion, I don't know.






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              freedesktop.org maintains a lot of the xdg standards, including categories.



              https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html



              Email is an additional category that can be used with the Network or Office category. Some of the additional categories should be used with one of the main categories, others can be used with any of them.



              Weather this is well enforced or merely a suggestion, I don't know.






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                freedesktop.org maintains a lot of the xdg standards, including categories.



                https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html



                Email is an additional category that can be used with the Network or Office category. Some of the additional categories should be used with one of the main categories, others can be used with any of them.



                Weather this is well enforced or merely a suggestion, I don't know.






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                freedesktop.org maintains a lot of the xdg standards, including categories.



                https://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html



                Email is an additional category that can be used with the Network or Office category. Some of the additional categories should be used with one of the main categories, others can be used with any of them.



                Weather this is well enforced or merely a suggestion, I don't know.







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