Adding item to the menu (GNOME)

[Brian Johnson]

Is there a menu editor for gnome (like the kde one)?

I can't believe someone hasn't tackled this yet



Jeff Vian (jvian10 at charter.net) wrote:
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> thedogfarted wrote:
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> > try this:
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> > cd /usr/share/applications
> > ls
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> If you are looking for a file named .desktop,   you CANNOT see it with "ls"
> You will have to use "ls .*" to see files whose names begin with a "."
> The shell does not match file names beginning with a . when it expands
> the *, and ls follows the same rules.
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> > and what do you see now??
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> > 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.
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> > pinco wrote:
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> >> Andrew Robinson wrote:
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> >>> 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:
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> >>> HTH,
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> >>> Andrew Robinson
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> >>> That's determined in the .desktop file itself, take the xchat one for
> >>> example:
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> >>> Categories=Application;Network;
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> >>> 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.
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> >> Hi Andrew,
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> >> I wasn't able to find any .desktop file!
> >> It isn't in my /usr/share/applications.
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> >> Thanks,
> >> Nino
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