Re: User menu problem
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, G. Crimp wrote: If you ran update-menus as root user, it won't look in ~/.menu for I ran it as a normal user. update-menus or somewhere under /usr/doc/menu. Why not put the entry in /etc/menu and run as root ? Because StarOffice is personalized for each user, so the entry should be visible only for registered users. There is a couple of accounts on that machine. Of course, after running update-menus, you have restart fvwm2 to see I restarted X and still no luck. -- Tad
Re: User menu problem
G. Crimp wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:52:05PM -0500, ktb wrote: You could edit /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook directly. kent Bad idea. /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook is an automatically generated file. Next time the file is regenerated, any changes you made to it will be lost. The Debian menu system has supplied specific mechanisms for menu customization. Why side step what was specifically provided for this purpose ? G. None of the changes I have made have been lost even after a reboot and it is easy. Thanks for correcting me though since it isn't the proper way of doing things. kent
User menu problem
Hi all, I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. -- Tad
Re: User menu problem
Hi all, I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. You also have to restart the window manager. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
Re: User menu problem
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 10:04:28AM +1000, Tadeusz Bak wrote: Hi all, I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. Assuming Deb 2.1 is like Deb 2.0 If you ran update-menus as root user, it won't look in ~/.menu for packages to add to the system. You have to run it as the user in question. However, there is some problem running it as an ordinary user. Can't remember what it is. I think you'll find the explanation in either man update-menus or somewhere under /usr/doc/menu. Why not put the entry in /etc/menu and run as root ? Of course, after running update-menus, you have restart fvwm2 to see the changes in the menu system. Gerald
Re: User menu problem
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. Did you run update-menus as root or as your user? As root, it only reads the system-wide files. To use the .menu directory, you have to run it as your user. Also, why use ~ instead of /home/whoever? You also have to restart the window manager. Maybe this depends on the window manager, but WindowMaker detects when the menu has been updated. You get the new menu right away, without restarting.
Re: User menu problem
You could edit /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook directly. kent Tadeusz Bak wrote: Hi all, I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. -- Tad -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: User menu problem
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:52:05PM -0500, ktb wrote: You could edit /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook directly. kent Bad idea. /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook is an automatically generated file. Next time the file is regenerated, any changes you made to it will be lost. The Debian menu system has supplied specific mechanisms for menu customization. Why side step what was specifically provided for this purpose ? G. Tadeusz Bak wrote: Hi all, I have just installed StarOffice 5.1 in my Debian 2.1 system. I tried to put an entry into the menu system (I use fvwm2 as a window manager). So I created a file .menu/soffice in my home directory with the contents: ?package(local.soffice):needs=x11 section=Apps/Editors title=StarOffice \ command=~/Office51/bin/soffice and then I run update-menus command. Unfortunately there is no new entry in the menu. What did I wrong? Thank you for any suggestions. -- Tad -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: User menu problem
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: You also have to restart the window manager. I did. I even logout and then login the user. And still no luck :-(. -- Tad
