On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Sudhakar Chandrasekharan: > > > I have spent the last couple of hours trying to customize my fvwm2 > > > setup. I basically want to add stuff to the default menus that comes > > > with Debian. I tried the following - > > > > > > * Moved /usr/lib/menu/default/vim to /etc/menu/vim and ran > > > update-menus. Then quit X and restarted it. Don't find vim under > > > /Apps/Editors (which is where it is supposed to put in).
this isn't necessary... menu already looks in /usr/lib/menu/default > > To add local stuff, try using "?package(menu):" at the front of the line in > > themenu file. Since the menu package is of course installed, the menu item > > will show up. (There are probably better ways to do this..) > > That worked. As you said, there *should* be another way to specify > local packages. Though I can understand why update-menus does not add > an item if the package is not installed. yes, there is another, 'more proper' way. rename the file to local-vim and put it in /etc/menu. anything that starts with 'local' is installed, regardless of what debian packages are installed. this is an inadequately documented feature of menu (buried in a changelog file... hmpth :P ) > Another question. I know this might be a FAQ. > > If I want to install a package that is not part of the Debian > distribution, how do I go about it? I think there are two scenarios > > I have currently been bypassing the dpkg mechanism and installing these > packages under /usr/local tree. that's the way to go. of course, you can also use $HOME for user-specific stuff -brad [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~maximill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .