Re: [expert] 7.1 menus
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there I believe. wrong !! see /usr/doc/menu-*/menu.txt for documentation OK, I worked out that if I make an entry in /usr/lib/menu the application will show up on the menus. The only problem is that it does not seem to work when the app was installed from something other than an rpm (a tarball for instance). Does the update-menus package require that the menu entry be in the rpm database? Is there a way around this problem? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [expert] 7.1 menus
Submitted 13-Jun-00 by Alex V Flinsch: On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there I believe. wrong !! see /usr/doc/menu-*/menu.txt for documentation OK, I worked out that if I make an entry in /usr/lib/menu the application will show up on the menus. The only problem is that it does not seem to work when the app was installed from something other than an rpm (a tarball for instance). Does the update-menus package require that the menu entry be in the rpm database? Is there a way around this problem? Yes. From the menu documentation: Any "package" that starts with "local." is considered installed. So, for example, StarOffice on my system has a menu entry ?package(local.soffice): . . . Also, I would only use /usr/lib/menu for global menu entries. ~/.menu is where a user's personal entries go. HTH -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
Re: [expert] 7.1 menus
:~On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: :~ Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: :~ :~ It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there I believe. :~ :~ wrong !! see /usr/doc/menu-*/menu.txt for documentation :~ :~ :~OK, I worked out that if I make an entry in /usr/lib/menu the application will :~show up on the menus. The only problem is that it does not seem to work when :~the app was installed from something other than an rpm (a tarball for :~instance). Does the update-menus package require that the menu entry be in the :~rpm database? Is there a way around this problem? 1) use "local" prefix for non-rpm packages. ?package(local-packagename) 2) use /etc/menu, not /usr/lib/menu, otherwise some package may overwrite your entries in the future. cu Deno -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- visit our new discusion forum: http://linuxpole.com
Re: [expert] 7.1 menus
Jason Straight [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there I believe. wrong !! see /usr/doc/menu-*/menu.txt for documentation -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San Diego, CA USA --Chmouel
[expert] 7.1 menus
I upgraded to 7.1 last night, the install went without a single problem, and my usb zip drive finally works (woohoo!). The synchronized menus across the windowing systems is great, and I was able to add my favorite apps which were not included in the KDE menu via kmenuedit. Is there any way to synch up all of the other window managers with the kde menu, or do I hve to edit all of the others by myself (which kind of defeats the purpose of the synched menus...)? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [expert] 7.1 menus
It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there Ibelieve. Alex V Flinsch wrote: I upgraded to 7.1 last night, the install went without a single problem, and my usb zip drive finally works (woohoo!). The synchronized menus across the windowing systems is great, and I was able to add my favorite apps which were not included in the KDE menu via kmenuedit. Is there any way to synch up all of the other window managers with the kde menu, or do I hve to edit all of the others by myself (which kind of defeats the purpose of the synched menus...)? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) -- Sir, I'm afraid your computer has the Microsoft virus that's been spreading to computers all over the world like wildfire and causing them to become unstable. In order to remove it go to www.linux-mandrake.com and follow the installation instructions.
