GNOME Goal: Add keywords to application desktop files

Guidelines

GNOME shell search uses the Name field of desktop files to match search strings against; we also used the Description and Comment fields for this, but the results were sometimes problematic, and thus we stopped doing this. Instead, we've gotten a Keywords field added to the desktop entry specification, and use that in addition to the Name field. The field is translatable, which means that other languages can have their own set of keywords, as necessary.

The purpose of this GnomeGoal is to add suitable Keywords entries to the desktop files of GNOME applications, to yield a satisfactory search experience in GNOME shell.

{i} Instructions on how to recognize a module affected by this goal.

A module might be affected by this goal, if it installs a desktop file in /usr/share/applications. Whether the desktop file needs to have a Keywords line added is somewhat subjective. E.g. if you type 'chat', you would expect the chat application, Empathy, to be among the search results. If it isn't, a line like

_Keywords=chat;messaging;im;irc;voip;

should be added to the empathy.desktop.in.in file.

Please note:

  • Translators/localizers must not localize the semicolons.
  • Translators/localizers must put a semicolon at the very end of the string.
  • Maintainers/developers must set a preceding underscore in "_Keywords" to inform intltool that this field should be extracted, and its translations merged back into the .desktop.in file.
  • Maintainers/developers are asked to add inform translators via a comment in the line directly preceding the keywords line:

# TRANSLATORS: Search terms to find this application. Do NOT translate or localize the semicolons! The list MUST also end with a semicolon!

Comments before approval

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Status of this goal

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State

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todo

<: #ff8080> todo

patch

<: #ffcc50> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx|patch]]

done

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not needed

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at-spi2-atk

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dconf

done

evolution-data-server

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glib-networking

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gnome-bluetooth

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gnome-online-accounts

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gnome-control-center

done

gnome-desktop

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gnome-icon-theme

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gnome-icon-theme-extras

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gnome-icon-theme-symbolic

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gnome-keyring

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gnome-menus

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gnome-packagekit

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gnome-screensaver

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gnome-session

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gnome-settings-daemon

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gnome-shell

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gnome-themes-standard

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gsettings-desktop-schemas

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gvfs

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mousetweaks

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mutter

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network-manager-applet

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pulseaudio

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telepathy-mission-control

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core-utilities

baobab

done

brasero

done

empathy

done

eog

done

epiphany

done

evince

done

gnome-calculator

done

gnome-contacts

done

gnome-dictionary

done

gnome-disk-utility

done

gnome-font-viewer

done

gnome-screenshot

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gnome-search-tool

done

gnome-system-log

done

gnome-system-monitor

done

gnome-terminal

done

gucharmap

done

nautilus

done

sushi

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yelp

done

core-extras

gnome-background

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gnome-user-share

done

vino

done

gnome-user-docs

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core-fallback

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gnome-panel

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metacity

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notification-daemon

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accountsservice

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ConsoleKit

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gdm

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NetworkManager

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PackageKit

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polkit

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atk

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cairo

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clutter

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cogl

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desktop-file-utils

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enchant

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expat

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farsight2

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folks

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fontconfig

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gamin

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gnome-js-common

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gtksourceview

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gdk-pixbuf

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gjs

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glib

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glibmm

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gmime

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gnome-doc-utils

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gnome-video-effects

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gtk+

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gtk-doc

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gtkmm

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gudev

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hicolor-icon-theme

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icon-naming-utils

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iso-codes

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intltool

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js185

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libatasmart

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libdaemon

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libical

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libmusicbrainz

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libnice

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libnotify

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liboauth

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libproxy

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librest

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librsvg

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libsoup

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libwnck

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libxml2

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mm-common

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nss

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totem-pl-parser

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tracker

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vala

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webkit

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zenity

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libnl

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apps

accerciser

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aisleriot

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anjuta

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cheese

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devhelp

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evolution

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file-roller

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gedit

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ghex

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glade

done

gnome-boxes

done

gnome-clocks

done

gnome-color-manager

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gnome-power-manager

done

gnome-devel-docs

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gnome-documents

done

gnome-chess

done

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gnome-klotski

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gnome-mahjongg

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gnome-mines

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gnome-nibbles

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gnome-robots

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gnome-sudoku

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gnome-tetravex

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iagno

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lightsoff

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quadrapassel

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swell-foop

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tali

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gnome-nettool

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nautilus-sendto

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nemiver

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orca

done

rygel

done

seahorse

done

totem

done

vinagre

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Initiatives/GnomeGoals/DesktopFileKeywords (last edited 2013-12-18 13:44:51 by LuisMenina)