On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:21:33 +0200 > whichever you want. their names matches treir contents quite well (at > least i haven't had any problems of determining which desktop entry is > which menu item) > > open them with vim (or whatever text editor your'e using), take a closer > look :) Those who start with kde probably are kde games. > > If you want to remove the menu item (but not the coresponding app) just > delete that desktop file. If you are not sure, check the Name tag (???) > inside the file - it contains the name you see in Applications menu and > Nautilus > > If you want to add a menu item, create new file with .desktop extension > (haven't tried without, maybe it works too). All application menu > entries have Categories=Application; games have category 'Game;' Sound & > Video have 'AudioVideo'; (those are the ones i have changed the most - > some games like enemy territory have 'Games;' instead of 'Game;', that's > how i found out that i can edit menu without risking to lose it) > > If you want to add new submenu i'm afraid i can't help you at the moment > - the menu itself is a xml-style file (i think it was called gnome vfs) > i know it exists somewhere but i can't remember where it is and how i > found it :) (because i didn't need it at the moment i had found it so i > closed the file) > > pinco wrote: > > thedogfarted ha scritto: > >> 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. > > > > Hi, I see a lot of gnome-xxxxx-xxx.desktop and kde-xxxx-xxx.desktop! > > > > Which one should I modify? > > > > Ciao, > > Nino Hey, I 've recorded my mini-howto in managing panel menus/submenus manually: How-To Add a Submenu To The Default Folder Structure ==================================================== This sample assume that we want to add two sub-menus 'StarOffice 7' and 'Docu & Admin' to the 'Office' menu in the default Main Menu on the panel. These enhancements should be for a local user only. The OpSystem is Fedora Cora 1, custom installation with all pkg's. Tree of the 'Main Menu' in the default Panel with nodes / submenu's only (no launcher-obj): Tree: Application # root/main menu-icon on the panel snip: | ..... # tip-text = Main Menu |-- Internet | |-- Office # 1st submenu | |__ More Office Applications # sub-submenu | | | |__ StarOffice 7 < < NEW sub-submenu | ^^^^^^^|^^^^ | |__ Docu & Admin < < NEW sub-sub-submenu |-- Other ^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ...... (1) Edit File "applications.menu" ---------------------------- Add the new sub-folder/sub-menu to the applications.menu file i.e. the the definition file of the whole Menu Structure: ° make a backup copy of the file to edit. ° as ROOT edit file '/etc/X11/desktop-menus/applications.menu' - if deciding a local enhancement only, you must set the path to the *.desktop files at the begining of this menu file add: <!-- Local for User=xyz --> <MergeDir>/home/ksa/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7</MergeDir> - carefully search the folder 'Office'; Note: the folder's <Name> is a script-variable and may be something different. <Folder> # begin folder 'Office' | <Name>myOffice</Name> - . . . | <Query> - ..... | </Query> - # folder 'More Office ... | <Folder> v | <Name>MoreMyOffice</Name | + ... - | <DontShowIfEmpty/> | </Folder> - | ^^^^ - <Folder> - begin 'StarOffice 7' - ^^^^ | <Name>StarOffice7</Name> | <Desktop>StarOffice7.directory</Desktop> - | <Query> | <Keyword>Application</Keyword> - | <Keyword>sOffice-7</Keyword> | </Query> - > insert here: < - <Folder> | | <Name>DocAdmin</Name> - | * <Desktop>StarOffice7-DocuAdmin</Desktop> | | <Query> - | * <Keyword>sOffice7-Doc</Keyword> | | </Query> - | * <DontShowIfEmpty/> | - </Folder> - | <DontShowIfEmpty/> | vvvv - </Folder> - end 'StarOffice 7' - vvvv | <DontShowIfEmpty/> </Folder> # end folder 'Office' e.g. for 'Docu & Admin' folder we define: <Folder> # begin 'StarOffice 7' . . . . . <!-- More StarOffice 7 --> # comment <Folder> # start submenu item <Name>DocAdmin</Name> # folder script variable <Desktop>StarOffice7-DocuAdmin</Desktop> # *.directory file <Query> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <Keyword>sOffice7-Doc</Keyword> # Categories in *.desktop </Query> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ <DontShowIfEmpty/> </Folder> # end submenu <DontShowIfEmpty/> </Folder> # end 'StarOffice 7' ° save file (2) Edit The *.directory Files ---------------------------- Edit for every sub-menu a file [name].directory, where [name] is the defined name in tag <Desktop>StarOffice7-DocuAdmin</Desktop> of the previous changed 'applications.menu' file. For locally use save it to a user dir and create a symLink in the pre- defined global subdirectory '/usr/share/desktop-menu-files/'. ° as <USER> create local directory e.g. $ mkdir ~/.gnome/apps/menu-files $ cd ~/.gnome/apps/menu-files ° create a NEW file [name].directory: $ [edit] ./StarOffice7-DocuAdmin.directory # any meaningful name [Desktop Entry] Type=Directory Name=Docu & Admin # you see THIS name in the Name[de]=Doku + Admin # panel sub-sub-menu Name[fr]=..... Icon=/home/<user>/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7/icons/folder.png Terminal=0 ° as ROOT create symbolic Link in global *.directory dir to local dir: $ su $ cd /usr/share/desktop-menu-files $ ln -s /home/<user>/.gnome/apps/ \ menu-files/StarOffice7-DocuAdmin.directory \ ./StarOffice7-DocuAdmin.directory (3) Edit The *.desktop Files ---------------------------- Edit for every launcher-object you want in this sub-submenu a file [name].desktop, where the file-name is free. For locally use save they also to an user dir [searchpath] as defined in the applications-menu file: <MergeDir>/home/ksa/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7</MergeDir> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ° as <USER> create local directory e.g. $ mkdir ~/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7 $ cd ~/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7 ° If NO Launcher Object exist: create a NEW file [name].directory; name can be any meaningful token because system search is done only by inspcting 'Categories'. $ [edit] ./StarOffice7-DocuAdmin.directory # any meaningful name Name=Docu & Admin # you see THIS name in the Name[de]=Doku + Admin # panel sub-sub-menu Name[fr]=..... # in French Comment=Applications # tip-text Comment[da]=Programmer # in french -> locale Comment[de]=Anwendungen # in german Terminal=false # run not in a terminal Icon=/home/<user>/.gnome/apps/StarOffice-7/icons/draw.png Exec=/home/<user>/opt/appl/staroffice7/program/sdraw Type=Application Categories=Application;sOffice-7; ^-- see file applications.menu <Keyword>sOffice7-Doc</Keyword> ° If a launcher-obj / *.desktop file exist: If you have a *.desktop of your application, or if you created a launcher-obj with your GUI (creates also a *.desktop file) you have to check and edit: - path of 'Icon' + 'Exec' attributes - 'Categories' is your Keyword token (file applications.menu) included I hope that help others a bit. Kurt
