It was finally done in the spirit of alacarte, using the xdg-ruby library by C.L. Ramsey https://github.com/dark-yux/xdg-ruby Now a chef-recipe is ready, allowing sysadmins to modify users menu: https://github.com/gecos-team/gecos-workstation-management-cookbook/blob/desktop_menu/providers/desktop_menu.rb
Thanks Jasper, Jerome. Your tips have driven me to the solution. 2014-05-12 18:53 GMT+02:00 Jasper St. Pierre <jstpie...@mecheye.net>: > Look at /etc/xdg/menus/gnome-applications.menu: > > <!-- Internet --> > <Menu> > <Name>Internet</Name> > <Directory>Network.directory</Directory> > <Include> > <And> > <Category>Network</Category> > <Not><Category>X-GNOME-WebApplication</Category></Not> > </And> > </Include> > > <Exclude> > <!-- Utilities exclusions --> > <Filename>vinagre.desktop</Filename> > > <!-- Sundry exclusions --> > <Filename>javaws.desktop</Filename> > </Exclude> > </Menu> <!-- End Internet --> > > Alacarte loads the existing menu file, notes the category it was in, and > puts an Exclude for it. > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Jerome Leclanche <adys...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> If you're looking for code, >> https://github.com/lxde/libqtxdg/blob/master/xdgmenu.cpp is a good >> starting point. >> J. Leclanche >> >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:26 PM, José Félix Ontañon >> <fonta...@emergya.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm trying to build an app that automatizes the excluding of some >> launchers >> > from menu, by tweaking ~/.config/xdg/menus I've noticed the Categories >> in >> > the xdg-desktop aren't the same as the menu names in xdg-menu. >> > >> > So, the question is given a .desktop file, how to know the name of it's >> > corresponding menu? >> > >> > ::Example:: >> > >> > The firefox desktop file has as categories: >> > Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; >> > >> > But the the menu names that needs to be indicated to exclude firefox >> from >> > the menu is Applications->Internet. Below the code produced by Alacarte: >> > >> > <Menu> >> > <Name>Applications</Name> >> > <MergeFile >> > type="parent">/etc/xdg/menus/gnome-applications.menu</MergeFile> >> > <Menu> >> > <Name>Internet</Name> >> > <Exclude> >> > <Filename>firefox.desktop</Filename> >> > </Exclude> >> > </Menu> >> > </Menu> >> > >> > I don't understand how Alacarte got that Applications->Internet path >> given >> > the firefox.desktop file. >> > >> > Regards! >> > >> > -- >> > J. Félix Ontañón Carmona >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > xdg mailing list >> > xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> xdg mailing list >> xdg@lists.freedesktop.org >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg >> > > > > -- > Jasper > -- J. Félix Ontañón Carmona Consultor Externo Emergya Consultoría Tfno: +34 954 51 75 77 / +34 661 91 27 26 Fax: +34 954 51 64 73 www.emergya.es
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