AppImage/AppImageKit

Refuse to run if Categories= is missing in desktop file

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#873 opened on Oct 21, 2018

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Description

appimagetool shoud refuse to run if Categories= is missing in desktop file.

Should help in these cases: https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/issues/2

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Look for the part of the code that parses the .desktop file and add a check for the 'Categories' field. If missing, print an error and exit.
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