Josh Metzler wrote:
John,
Do you have the packages "menu-xdg" and "menu" installed? When KDE went
from 3.1.5 to 3.2, it changed how it integrates the Debian menu. It now
needs menu-xdg to create the Debian menu.
Josh
I do now, following Bill's advice.
IMV someone needs to do some sorting out. ATM I have "terminal" (doesn't
say which) in "Utilities" (consistent with Mac OSX, I'd not worry about
consistency with Windows in this matter as it moves around according to
the direction of the wind and the time wind oes is released).
It's Gnome terminal.
In System (where I'd not think to look) there are
"terminal" (doesn't say which but it's gterm again),
"root terminal" which does not run gterm, it's xterm
"run as different user" which doesn't seem to work - if something's
missing, should it be in the menu?
Konsole
More/Terminal program - superuser mode which does not run gterm.
In "Internet" I have a submenu "Terminal" whose only entry is "pine."
Not a terminal exactly.
Mutt is installed but not in the menus there
There are various programs there that don't seem to me internet-related
such as ethereal - doesn't that belong to "system?"
"More" has one entry, "Korn." I think Korn was Korn shell, but not this
one. It argues and doesn't start so I can't tell what it does except
it's email-related.
Debian has a submenu of xshells which include all the above plus rxvt
(another of those that was sensibly-placed earlier and went AWOL).
Debian also has Apps/shells which contains
ash
bash
sh
tsch
which all run xterm.
I note "Editors" has Abiword: I'd look for it in "Office."
gvim is my favourite editor, but is _not_ in Editors (though it is in
Debian/Editors).
I also have the "Terminal sessions" menu selected to show. However,
despite its description being so similar to gterm's, it's actually
running Konsole sessions.
I appreciate that my comments extend far beyond the scope of the
original report. However, I believe that someone known within the Debian
community - or maybe better KDE - needs to take charge of the KDE menus
and say "This is how they will be structured." "terminal emulators go in
" "Text-mode applications such as mutt, pine, lynx" use such-and
such terminal editor and go into the menus at
It may be that "someone" is a small committee.
The reasons why this needs to be done are similar to the accepted
reasons for FHS and such.
