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papal_authority
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 Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:01 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Gnome Start Menu |
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I'm totally new to GNOME and was wondering if there was a menu editor. I see I can add and remove individual "launchers" to the start menu but how do I add, edit or remove a "folder" in the start menu? For example when I click the start menu I get a list of options like "Games" and "System Tools" which each contain a list of apps or "launchers". How do I, for example, remove the "Games" folder? TIA.
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| In the file browser, type application:/// in the Location entry. In spatial, use Control-L to open up the Location dialog box. Or you can access it by going to "Start Here" on the desktop and going to "Applications." You can then edit your menus there. |
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Hey thanks frankjr. It didn't work at first but with your info and a quick Google I discovered applications:/// (i.e. plural) was the key.
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I took a look at this--had never done it before but was also interested. After poking around in the Configuration Editor for awhile I lost patience, and figured the information had to be in a dotfile somewhere, or a subdirectory thereof.
I ran the following command to try to find likely candidates, and waited:
| Code: | | grep -rl Games ~ 2>/dev/null |
Still running... will continue post when it finishes.
Doesn't look good--I get no results. Not sure where this is stored, but I worry that it is some sort of hardcoded default that can be added to but not overridden. I"m going to explore the gnome site and do some more searching. Maybe creating a new entry and then removing it will shed some light on the issue.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| What are you looking for? I've created a program to create and generate menus and know gnome better than any documentation I've found. If you are interested in my program see my sig. |
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papal_authority
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| d_m wrote: | | I took a look at this--had never done it before but was also interested. After poking around in the Configuration Editor for awhile I lost patience, and figured the information had to be in a dotfile somewhere, or a subdirectory thereof. |
I have have to SIGHUP the panel to get it re-read my edits. It's a real PITA. I had the same thought as you, let's hack the files manually. I tracked down some of the desktop entries to /usr/share/applications/. I can't figure out how GNOME decides what goes in which folder though 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| It is based off of two files (I may be confused with KDE). Anyhow look in /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/vfolders Specifically, applications-all-users.vfolder-info. And also in ~/..gnome2/vfolders which tak e alook at applications.vfolder-info. Basically gnome uses the Categories definitions in the .desktop file to generate the menu. I personally dislike .desktop files. Gnome and KDE misuse them. The best use is in Xfce4. Their menu system is pure genious. |
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What's with files scattered everywhere? Brutal. There should just be a single menu file in the user's .gnome folder IMHO. Maybe I'll give that denu thing a try...
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Please do.  |
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