Since shortly after Mark announced the global menu [1] Kubuntu has shipped plasma-widget-menubar to provide this functionality [2] and not only for Qt/KDE, but for Gtk apps as well [3]. This has served us well on netbooks for three years and I use it myself on a daily basis on a conventional laptop.
As of today [4], that's no longer possible. Appmenu-gtk has been replaced by unity-gtk-module, which (apparently intentionally) doesn't work outside Unity [5]. Is this correct? That's my impression, but I'm not aware of any discussion this, so I may have missed something. Scott K [1] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/359 [2] https://skitterman.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/global-menu-in-action-in-kubuntu-maverick/ [3] https://skitterman.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/menubar-for-gtk-and-qtkde-apps-on-kubuntu/ [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appmenu-gtk/+bug/1196667 [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/1200006 -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
