On 04/12/2011 01:53 AM, hannes.janet...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Dave Ray<d...@jonive.com>  wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:43 PM, hannes.janet...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>>>> There is no /etc/xdg/ directory on my system. Should there be?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> thats where system-wide menus live (and are updated when new
>>>>> applicaitons are installed, package manager should take care of this).
>>>>> maybe you need to install some xdg packages of your distribution.
>>>>
>>>> Well my distribution is.. MacOSX. There is no package manager or xdg.
>>>>
>>> well, I would suggest that next time you put OSX in the subject line.
>>> I know nothing about running e17 on osx ;)
>>
>> Nor do I. :)  But I am quickly learning.
>>
>> My confusion is that a list of X11 applications already shows up in other 
>> places in e17, for example, in the setup screens on first run, in the 
>> Settings ->  Settings Panel ->  Apps panels, etc. So there isn't a problem 
>> with e17 finding the apps. The problem is specific to, and only to, 
>> "Applications" in the main menu.
>>
>> Since e17 is already finding the list of apps elsewhere, I am trying to 
>> understand exactly where, and then figure out how to copy that over to the 
>> Applications menu. It would be even better if e17 did this automatically, 
>> from a config fix or something.
>>
>> So I am trying to figure out the best way to patch OSX. The best patch would 
>> be to let e17 generate it the way it normally does, and not from me building 
>> my own custom menu.

There is a difference between a list of applications, and an application 
menu. The menu needs a set of applications, and a menu file which 
describes how the menu should be laid out. This menu file is not 
included with e17, it is assumed that the system provides one.

S.

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