I have noticed that the new gnome guick-laucher applet works on the KDE panel. It allows you to load a memu of sorts on the panel with allot of small icons for applications. Norm On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 22:42, Wolfgang Gill wrote: > I use the KDE 'kmenuedit' program to edit my menu's. Just run it from the > console. You can also add itself to the menu, so that you can use it later. > (I did, to the root menu) > > Wolf > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Donald G Wilson Jr [mailto:wilson@warwick.net] > |Sent: Friday, 29 November 2002 03:25 pm > |To: psyche-list@redhat.com > |Subject: menu editing > | > | > |i searched the list and only saw the following on menu > |alterations. is it true there is no easy way to add a launcher > |to a menu? > | > |8><------------------------------------------------------------ > |--------- > |8>--------------------------- > | > |The file you want (for changing the structure) is > |/etc/X11/desktop-menus/applications.menu > | > | >From reading the gnome lists, they say that the .info files you were > |looking > |at are used, so I don't know if RH took some kind of liberties > |with the menu system or what... the .menu file is an XML file > |defining the structure, and the queries that determine where a > |icon should be placed based on its Categories= line in the > |.desktop file for the application link. > | > |As far as re-arranging the icons themselves, i.e. getting rid > |of the "Extra's" menu altogether, I used a perl script to > |modify all the .desktop files containing X-Red-Hat-Extra, to > |instead contain X-Red-Hat-Base. There were a few that were > |categorized as X-Red-Hat-Extras instead, and also 2 or 3 > |without a categories= line in their .desktop file. Just a > |quick copy and paste got these where they needed to be. > | > |Also be wary of the <include> and <exclude> statements forcing > |certain items to be shown or hidden even after you modify > |their .desktop files. > | > |Here is where I have found .desktop files stashed that go on the menu: > | > |/etc/X11/applnk > |/etc/X11/starthere > |/usr/share/applications > |/usr/share/desktop-menu-patches /usr/share/control-center-2.0/capplets > |/usr/share/applets (RHN-applet...) > |/usr/share/control-center > |/var/lib/kde/Applications > | (there may be more...) > | > |If anyone has a better way to do this, I would welcome any > |suggestions... > | > | > | > |--__--__-- > | > |Message: 12 > |Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:11:31 -0400 (EDT) > |From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> > |To: psyche mailing list <psyche-list@redhat.com> > |Subject: how to view the config files and edit the GNOME menus > |Reply-To: psyche-list@redhat.com > | > | > | i'm probably missing the obvious, but where are the config > |files that control the main (redhat) menu layout in GNOME? > |someone already suggested the top-level config directory > | > |/etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/vfolders > | > |which seemed promising at the time but the two files there don't > |*seem* to represent the total layout of those menus and submenus. > | > | so where are the config files, and is there a graphical way > |to configure those entries and their properties? perhaps i > |just haven't far enough into the GNOME docs to have run into > |that part yet. > | > |rday > | > | > | > | > |--__--__-- > | > | > | > | > |8><------------------------------------------------------------ > |--------- > |8>------------------------- > | > |thanks in advance for any help, and if your not able to help but read > |this far hoping to help, thank you just as much! :-) > | > |dw > > ###################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. > > This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal > www.marshalsoftware.com > ###################################################################### > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
