Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:43:48 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFCE - how to edit menu ? Message-ID: <4F583904.5030000@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F581C66.8000909@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <loom.20120304T075050-51@post.gmane.org> <4F581C66.8000909@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On 03/08/12 12:41, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 04/03/2012 17:37, jb wrote: >> Hi, >> I find it annoying having same items listed in multiple menus, e.g. >> >> - Accessories - Bulk Rename >> Orage Globaltime >> Terminal >> Thunar File Manager >> Help >> >> - Office - Orage Globaltime >> >> - System - Bulk Rename >> Terminal >> Thunar File Manager >> >> - Applications Menu - Help >> >> How can I edit the menus ? >> Also, how to rename Applications Menu to e.g. just Menu as it would >> better >> reflect applications and system (utilities) components ? > > I started looking at this a while ago, this is incomplete but could > get you started. > > I am sure there was a page in the xfce wiki about customising menus. > > What I found is you start by right clicking on the application menu > and show properties where you can change from default to custom file > menu - ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu matches the default and > is an xml file. > > There is also some info that comes from the applications desktop files. > I think the categories field links them to the matching category > entries in the menu file. This is where newly installed apps just show > up. > > Look in ~/.local/share/applications and /usr/local/share/applications > for the *.desktop files - I believe the home dir versions override the > /usr ones but haven't looked at what gets overwritten by reinstall etc. You can also use alacarte. Should be in ports, you then just right click to edit the menu.
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