On 03/03/2016 09:15 AM, Lutz Andersohn wrote: > > > > 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] >> <mailto:[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 > >
Official documentation about customizing menus and panels are available at: http://docs.xubuntu.org/1404/settings-preferences.html - Victor -- Victor Forberger [email protected] blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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