Adding item to the menu (GNOME)

[thedogfarted]

try this:

cd /usr/share/applications
ls

and what do you see now??

if i open /usr/share/applications i can't see any .desktop files too, 
that's because nautilus displays the names specified in those files.

pinco wrote:
> Andrew Robinson wrote:
> 
>> I asked this question a week or so ago. Youssef Makki was kind enough 
>> to provide me with this short exchange on the subject of adding items 
>> to the menus by hand. I have not tried these modifications yet, but 
>> here is the info I have:
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Andrew Robinson
>>
>>
>> That's determined in the .desktop file itself, take the xchat one for
>> example:
>>
>> Categories=Application;Network;
>>
>> This would make it show up under Internet -> More Internet Applications.
>> Add "X-Red-Hat-Base;" to the categories, and it'll show up in the main
>> Internet menu.
>>
>>
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I wasn't able to find any .desktop file!
> It isn't in my /usr/share/applications.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nino
> 
> 
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