On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 20:25 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Lutz Andersohn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 21:09 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > I'm baffled by the whisker menu. I want to edit what's in > > it, but I'm having little luck. I'm not even sure what doc > > to read. > > > > > > So, of course, I right-clicked on the icon, and went to Edit > > Applications. On expanding "System" I see a long list of > > applications, including Menu Editor, which sounded > > promising. But despite appearing in the list for System, it > > does not appear in the actual whisker menu under System and > > I don't see any option to make it do so. If I can't do > > that, I don't have much hope of adding anything that's > > actually new. > > > > > > So what obvious thing is it that I'm missing? I think what > > I'm looking for should be obvious, and I'm afraid I missed > > the obvious (this is more and more frequent as I get older). > > > > -- > > Kevin O'Gorman > > > > #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ > > > > > > Please consider the > > environment before printing > > this email. > > > > > > > > > Whisker menu assembles the menu from the various *.desktop > files it finds. > Adding a custom item is very easy using MenuLibre: MenuLibre > essentially creates a *.desktop file and Whisker picks it up. > I do that all the time. > > > > > I tried looking for *.desktop files, and didn't find anything very > helpful -- possibly because there are so many in so many places, and > very few of them with names that relate to things I see in the whisker > menu. Also you neglect to connect the dots, and give any help in > figuring out just what you accomplish and just how you accomplish it. > > > I'm really floundering here. How do I get started? > > > > -- > > Kevin O'Gorman > > > #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ > > > > Please consider the environment > before printing this email. > > for what it's worth, the desktop files live in /usr/share/applications and ~/.local/share/applications for the most part. Custom entries you make using MenuLibre (or other editors) usually go into the latter directory. Maybe I misunderstood your question but I think you want to add a custom launcher If you want step-by-step instuctions to add a custom launcher: - open MenuLibre from the Setup window - Select your category, click "Add"-"Add Launcher" and enter your custom launcher: the program to start, name and so on. - Save Next time you open whisker menu and look at the category where you just created the new launcher, it will be there. -- ---- Lutz Andersohn main(){int j=1234;char t[]=":@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.\n",*i= "iqgbgxmlrls@[email protected]";char *strchr(const char *,int);while( *i){j+=strchr(t,*i++)-t;j%=sizeof t-1;putchar(t[j]);} return 0;} (925) 784 1565 D-19318, AFF-I http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6 Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6
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