On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On 3 Dec 2008, at 11:15, rosea grammostola wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> I know it is possible to customize the menu in Gnome. But I am wondering
>> if
>> it is also possible to send applications to a specific place in the menu?
>>
>> For example, I want to add an entry in the menu called 'multimedia
>> players'.
>> Is it possible to manage it so that apps like Rhythmbox, Listen etc. are
>> placed in the new entry when they are installed?
>>
>
> See <
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apc.html#adding-items>.
>  (You'll probably also need to read the rest of that spec too, if you're not
> familiar with it.)
>

Thank you very much!

Those .desktop files seems to play a important role in this.
To point applications to my new menu entry, should I edit the .desktop.in in
the source code (tarball) of a package?

And let say I want to make a multimedia distro with some new entries for:

Midi
Recording

How do I point a specific application to that new entry in my menu?

A example of a .desktop.in I found in the Ardour source code (tarball):

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ardour
Comment=Ardour Digital Audio Workstation
Exec=ardour2
Icon=ardour2
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/x-ardour2;
Type=Application
Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;X-Recorders;X-Multitrack;X-Jack;


I think Categories specify the place of the application (Ardour) in the
Menu. But How can I specify that Ardour should be placed in my new menu
entry 'Recording'?

Thanks in advance,

\r
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