gnome menus

Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:52:06 +0200

Hi,
I tried several times in
the times to organize the menu of the application-launchers (the graphic menu
system) on my computer, in order  to present it 
divided into sub-menus..

This does not seem to be
a simple problem ... (see ..http:
//www.eng.fsu.edu/~dommelen/s6520/menus.html); however this time I carefully
studied the document "Desktop Menu Specification" and
following the suggestions provided in the previously mentioned link I
rewrote (after saving the original) the file 
"/etc/xdg/menus/application.menu" (it is in XML format).

			<?xml version="1.0"
			encoding="UTF-8"?>
			<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC
			"-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
			"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
			<Menu>
			   <Name>Applications</Name>
			   <Directory>X-GNOME-Menu-Applications.directory</Directory>
			   <!-- Scan legacy
			dirs first, as later items take priority -->
			  <!--
			LegacyDir>/usr/share/gnome/apps</LegacyDir -->
			   <!--
			LegacyDir>/etc/X11/applnk</LegacyDir -->
			   <!-- Read standard
			.directory and .desktop file locations -->
			   <!-- KDELegacyDirs
			/-->
			   <!-- DefaultAppDirs
			/-->
			  <!--
			DefaultDirectoryDirs /-->>
			   <!-- Add stock
			tarball installs to menus -->
			   <!--
			AppDir>/usr/local/share/applications</AppDir -->
			   <!-- Accessories
			submenu -->
			  <!-- uno --> 

			   <!-- Menu>
			      <Name>Accessories</Name>
			      <Directory>Utility.directory</Directory>
			      <Include>
			         <And>
			            <Category>Utility</Category>
			            <Not>
			               <Category>System</Category>
			            </Not>
			         </And>
			      </Include>
			   </Menu -->
			   <!-- End
			Accessories -->
			   <!-- Development
			Tools -->
			<!-- due --> 

			   <Menu>
			      <Name>Development</Name>
			      <Directory>Development.directory</Directory>
			      <Include>
			            <Category>Development</Category>

			<Filename>/home/angelo_dev/Desktop/netbeans-8.0.2.desktop</Filename>

			<Filename>/usr/share/applications/lazarus.desktop</Filename>

			<Filename>/usr/share/applications/bluefish.desktop</Filename>

			<Filename>/home/angelo_dev/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Visual
			UML 5/Visual UML.desktop</Filename>
			      </Include>
			   </Menu>
			   <!-- End
			Development Tools →
			…..............
			…............
			</Menu>
			<!-- End Applications
			-->

Based on when I had learned, this file should be the creator (at boot) of the "graphic
menu system" that is showed on the screen.

However, with my surprise, I noticed that the content of the file "/etc/xdg/menus/application.menu" has no influence on the presentation of the "Graphic Menu"  that is shown on the screen.

....Fearing i I made mistakes with the XML code,  
 I also change this file, more time, in such a simple way that it is certainly 
correct. 
But when the computer is booted the menu on the screen was 
always the original "menu system" created at the installation of the Operating 
System.

What is wrong,  based on
my current knowledge?

I hope to get some help to understand correctly the way to work "the Gnome desktop System".
thank you for a kind answer

regards

Angelo

P.S. the problem is only to realize submenus... (working with .menu files) no problem come me adding new menus (writing .desktop files)

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