Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:15:11 -0500 > Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Steven P. Ulrick wrote: >> >>> My "problem" is that I don't run Fedora's KDE. I compile KDE from >>> KDE's Branch 3.5 SVN tree. So when "redhat-menus" is installed, my >>> K-menu is hosed. Uninstall it, all is well. >>> But the problem that everyone else seems to be having is, I think, >>> different than mine, because no one seems to have mentioned that >>> they compile KDE from source. (Even though I compile KDE from >>> source, I DO NOT compile it for the same location that Fedora >>> installs it's KDE rpm's in :)) >>> >>> Steven P. Ulrick >>> >>> P.S.: Just wondering: should I file a bug report against >>> redhat-menus? >> Do what fc's packaging now does. Move kde's >> /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu to (something like) >> /etc/xdg.d/kde/applications.menu and set environment variable >> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg.d/kde:/etc/xdg > > Hello, Rex > First of all, thank you very much for a potential workaround to my > problem. Before I ask my questions about what you proposed, can I > assume that since you said: >>> Do what fc's packaging now does. > that this will not be a problem for me anymore once Fedora Core 6 comes > out? fc6 is the same, afaik. > Anyway, on to my questions: >> Move kde's /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu to (something like) >> /etc/xdg.d/kde/applications.menu and set environment variable >> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg.d/kde:/etc/xdg > > Since there is no such thing as "/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu", I > assume that I am to move > "/usr/local/kde-svn-fc5/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu" to, let's say, > "/etc/xdg.d/kde/applications.menu" > Ok, just did that. Ah, your case is even easier, set XDG_CONFIG_DIRS to point to *your* directory, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/local/kde-svn-fc5/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg -- Rex
