On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:42:17 +0200 Basri Kanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I know this does sound like the lamest question, but I > simply have to ask it --please flame sparingly :-) > > When I do an 'apt-get install <something>', does <something> > actually get placed in a menu item under somewhere under > the 'Applications' --referring to Gnome. > > If so, how do I know which menu path <something> has been > placed --other than going thru every single menu and trying > to guess whether the menu item just added bears a resemblence > to the <something> that I 'apt-get'ted. Do you have 'menu' installed? It gives you an 'update-menus' command which will (probably) do what you want. You will still have to find the new menu item, but menus are fairly logical. > > And, a second question --if I may: Is there a GUI way (i.e. > using Nautilus) to create launcable menu-items under > 'Applications'? I tried 'File --> Create Launcher' but > it comes up paractically blank. > > Thank you all I'm not a GNOME user, but I would expect it to have a menu creation/adjustment capability. Maybe one of the GNOMErs will speak up. Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers don't go down. Larry Niven, Steven Barnes "The Barsoom Project" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]