Debian: Application not shown in section

[Felix Natter]

Dear xdg members,

a Debian (stretch) user reported an issue where an application (freeplane) is not
shown in the office section. So far I cannot reproduce this (GNOME3),
but the user reported [1] that it is "fixed" by this change:

--- /usr/share/applications/freeplane.desktop 2016-12-10 12:08:55.000000000 -0500
+++ freeplane.desktop 2018-03-20 14:16:27.182938569 -0400
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Version=1.0
Name=Freeplane
Exec=/usr/bin/freeplane %F
-Terminal=false
+#Terminal=false
Icon=freeplane
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-freeplane;

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=893635

Here is the complete /usr/share/applications/freeplane.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Freeplane
Exec=/usr/bin/freeplane %F
Terminal=false
Icon=freeplane
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-freeplane;
Categories=Office;
GenericName=Freeplane
Comment=A free tool to structure and organise your information with mind mapping
Keywords=Mindmaps; Knowledge management; Organize information; Brainstorming; ...;

Do you have any idea what might cause this?

Many Thanks and Best Regards,

[Stefan Blachmann]

I can confirm that, have seen such, too.
Particularly with Midnight Commander not being shown.

My wild guess is that there is some (undocumented?) setting "Show only
graphical applications" or the like in Gnome or its derivatives.
Seems some bug just looking at the mere presence of a Terminal=...
line, and not what it says.

Post by Felix Natter
Dear xdg members,
a Debian (stretch) user reported an issue where an application (freeplane) is not
shown in the office section. So far I cannot reproduce this (GNOME3),
--- /usr/share/applications/freeplane.desktop 2016-12-10 12:08:55.000000000 -0500
+++ freeplane.desktop 2018-03-20 14:16:27.182938569 -0400
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Version=1.0
Name=Freeplane
Exec=/usr/bin/freeplane %F
-Terminal=false
+#Terminal=false
Icon=freeplane
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-freeplane;
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=893635
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Freeplane
Exec=/usr/bin/freeplane %F
Terminal=false
Icon=freeplane
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-freeplane;
Categories=Office;
GenericName=Freeplane
Comment=A free tool to structure and organise your information with mind mapping
Keywords=Mindmaps; Knowledge management; Organize information;
Brainstorming; ...;
Do you have any idea what might cause this?
Many Thanks and Best Regards,
--
Felix Natter
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