On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Dave Ray <d...@jonive.com> wrote: > On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:51 AM, hannes.janet...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Dave Ray <d...@jonive.com> wrote: >>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:04 AM, hannes.janet...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>>>> settings panel > menus > menu settings >>>>>> has no "advanced" button. Only "client list menu" is there, it doesn't >>>>>> let >>>>>> me create or edit a menu. >>>>>> >>>> dont know. how many years is your e old? or if 'menu settings' isnt >>>> there at all you might not have its conf module loaded >>> >>> I am always using the latest e17 from svn. >>> >>> For testing purposes I am deleting all user-level config directories in >>> order to force e17 to rebuild everything. >>> >>> rm -r ~/.local/ ~/.e/ ~/.cache/ ~/.thumbnails/ ~/.config/ >>> >>> E17 presents all the initial screens, language, etc. Isn't this when it is >>> supposed to generate menus? >>> >>>>>> ~/.config/ does not contain a "menus" directory! I thought that supposed >>>>>> to be auto-generated? >>>> >>>> they are by some desktop enviroments, menu editors or distributions. >>>> though you should rather look in /etc/xdg/menus for system-wide menus. >>> >>> What about e17? Doesn't it supposed to create a menus directory in >>> ~/.config? >> >> no. >> >>> There is no /etc/xdg/ directory on my system. Should there be? >>> >> >> thats where system-wide menus live (and are updated when new >> applicaitons are installed, package manager should take care of this). >> maybe you need to install some xdg packages of your distribution. > > Well my distribution is.. MacOSX. There is no package manager or xdg. > well, I would suggest that next time you put OSX in the subject line. I know nothing about running e17 on osx ;)
> What you are saying is not documented anywhere in the e17 docs. > > E17 is supposed to be cross-platform. Linux is the priority for obvious > reasons, but there's nothing wrong or broken if my OS doesn't use XDG or a > package manager. > > If xdg is a requirement for e17, that needs to be documented. > > I don't feel I ever got the answer to my original question. The menu that > appears when you click the mouse on the desktop shows "Applications" as the > first item on the menu. This is an existing menu in E17, not one I am trying > to add on. The problem is this menu has blank contents. it shows a blank menu because there is no source to read contents from. it's the task of package managers to provide default source files. that simple :) > > I'm happy to test and patch if necessary. I just need some help understanding > why this is blank on my system, even though a list of apps is correctly > detected and appear in other places in the e17 GUI, such as "iBar > Application". > > if your system does not provide a menu file then you'll have to make your own one. the link that i gave should explain how to do that. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
