Please search the following phrase in Google : adding an entry into cinnamon main menu
For example : https://askubuntu.com/questions/232053/how-to-add-a-shortcut-to-a-command-to-the-cinnamon-menu How to add a shortcut to a command to the Cinnamon menu? and some of the other search results . With my best regards , Mehmet Erol Sanliturk On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 12:36 AM Bo Berglund via lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > I have successfully built Lazarus 2.0.12 with fpc 3.2.2 on an Ubuntu > 20.04.3 > machine running the Cinnamon desktop. > > I have noted this problem: > > The desktop file is not recognized by Ubuntu so it shows in the main menu. > I have created it here: > $HOME/.local/share/applications/lazarus_2.0.12.desktop > > If I copy the desktop file to $HOME/Desktop then it appears on the screen > and I > can start it. > But I want it on the menu.... > > The content is this (newsreader wraps long lines so Exec= is wrapped): > > [Desktop Entry] > Comment=Lazarus IDE 2.0.12 > Terminal=false > Name=Lazarus 2.0.12 > Exec=/home/bosse/devel/lazarus/2.0.12/startlazarus > --pcp=/home/bosse/.lazarus_2.0.12 %f > Type=Application > Icon=/home/bosse/devel/lazarus/2.0.12/images/ide_icon48x48.png > Categories=Application;IDE;Development;GTK;GUIDesigner;Programming; > NoDisplay=false > Keywords=editor;Pascal;IDE;FreePascal;fpc;Design;Designer; > > Does Ubuntu with Cinnamon place the files in another location? > > -- > Bo Berglund > Developer in Sweden > > -- > _______________________________________________ > lazarus mailing list > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >
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