Yep, I've seen how local shortcuts mask their system counterparts.
Trouble is, I want some of the system shortcuts to go away, not be
masked, just go away. I guess I could delete or edit the system
shortcuts but that's really kludgey...
*Len Philpot*
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On 11/27/2016 10:28 AM, Michael R Mossman wrote:
For years, I've had the same dilemma with many different D/Es, and I
won't go anywhere near MenuLibre (what kinda name is that anyway).
What I do is have my OWN shortcuts, saved locally under
~/.local/share/applications ... I just looked, and I have 36 in there =)
If the file has EXACTLY the same name as the copy under
/usr/share/applications/ then it REPLACES the default entry on the
menu ... this works for all D/Es as far as I know, with the only quirk
being XFCE, my current favorite.
That quirk is the Categories section ... it simply MUST exist, or your
menu entries will start disappeaing!
Let's use Mousepad as a simple example, since it's installed by
default (I think) ...
Open the file /usr/share/applications/mousepad.desktop in your
favorite text editor, and straight away, go Save As using this
location: ~/.local/share/applications/mousepad.desktop
While you're in the editor, you can safely delete all those extra
entries for the various foreign languages, e.g.
Name[ar]=
...
Comment[ar]=
...
GenericName[ar]=
...
Just for fun, change the first line to read: Name=Mousey
then look under Accessories, and you should immediately see the change.
You'll end up with a file that has only 12 lines (reasonably simple to
maintain) and once you get the hang of it, hopefully it will save you
from tearing your hair out =)
BTW: I originally started doing this out of necessity, for programs
that you may install manually, but don't come with shortcuts, e.g.
mainly development stuff.
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