[Solved]The applications shortcuts at main menu dissappeared

[epdiamantopoulos]

After the installation of pyCharm (http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) I experience an error message after each boot (see next image)

problem_after_installing_pyCharm.png

while all applications shortcuts from the main menu of MATE just disappeared! (see next image)

problem_after_installing_pyCharm1.png

.

I would appreciate any suggestion about make them appear again!

[Monsta]

This is a known bug. It's not clear when the fix will be released, but you can fix it yourself:

1. Run

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   gksu pluma /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py

   in the terminal.
2. Go to line 282.
3. Replace

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   c = c_char_p(iconName.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))

   with

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   c = c_char_p(iconName.decode('utf-8', 'ignore').encode('ascii', 'ignore'))

4. Save the file.
5. Log out and log in back.

[epdiamantopoulos]

Thank you for your advice however it seems that it is not solves the problem. Actually, after I tried
c = c_char_p(iconName.decode('utf-8', 'ignore').encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
I see

Screenshot.png

The funny thing is that I can not go in the previous situation since the change

c = c_char_p(iconName.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))

is not make any improvement. I also tried with

c = c_char_p(iconName.encode("ascii", "ignore"))

but in vein.

I guess, tommorow I will upgrade in LM Mate 16 (now I am running 15).

[Monsta]

Check the indentation, it must be exactly the same as before.

[epdiamantopoulos]

Ok, probably the problem is that by copying - paste from your post some hidden character created a problem. By copying the line 401 of the same file I revert to the previous problematic situation, however it is still not possible to see the menu icons.

[Monsta]

Try copying from here and pay attention to the indentation this time. There should be exactly 12 spaces before the code.

[epdiamantopoulos]

Well done! Thank you for your help!