Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:53:06 -0500 From: Will McCutchen <mccutchen@gmail.com> To: Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Desktop menu editor Message-ID: <C93FBC7A.78188929@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20040506024855.41047.qmail@web40301.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040506024855.41047.qmail@web40301.mail.yahoo.com>
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> I just viewed ~/.gnome2/vfolders/applications > All applications in this folder carry a numeric > prefix, e.g. ooo645calc.desktop. How to find a number > for them. > I found another alternative adding applications to the > drop-menu by right-click on it selecting -> Entire > Menu - Add item to this Menu > > But I have not discovered how to add applications to a > newly created Directory on the drop-menu The preferred (and, as far as I've read, only officially endorsed) way to edit the gnome menu is to go to the location "applications:///" (without quotes) in Nautilus. From there, you can make whatever new top-level folder you want, or add any launchers you would like to any of the exising folders. If you're using "spatial" Nautilus, you can get there by pressing ctrl+L, and typing in "applications:///" (again, without quotes, and with three slashes). -Will
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