Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:58:19 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Stacey Roberts" <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> Cc: FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Newly installed gdeskcal not appearing anywhere in menus Message-ID: <op.tabn3hwg9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060529090557.GU969@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20060528235842.GS969@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <447A82D4.2020006@systemoverload.net> <20060529090557.GU969@crom.vickiandstacey.com>
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On Mon, 29 May 2006 04:05:57 -0500, Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote: > Hello Dustin, > Thanks for getting back to me. > > On Mon, 29 May 2006, Dustin Coates wrote: > >> Stacey Roberts wrote: >> >Hello, >> > >> Hi >> >On a freshly built FreeBSD-6.1Stable / Gnome-2.14_1 system, gdeskcal >> was >> >installed, but >> >whereas this would have resulted in gdeskcal appearing in the menu >> >(Applications > >> >Accessories) prior to Gnome2.14, there is now nothing for gdeskcal >> >anywhere in any of >> >the menu options. >> > >> >Is this expected behaviour? Yes, it looks like gdeskcal doesn't provide it. >> >How do I add gdeskcal to the Applications menu? >> > >> >I also only just noticed that there's no longer a "Run application" >> menu >> >item as well. >> >This used to provide the ability to simply enter the full filesystem >> path >> >to the desired >> >application, and then be able to lauch the application that way, or >> create >> >a launcher at >> >that point, too. >> > >> >Is it the case that this facility is now provided for somewhere else in >> >the menu layout? >> > >> >Regards, >> > >> >Stacey >> > >> For the "Run Application" Menu, you can right click the panel and goto >> "Add to Panel" then you can add the "Run Application" from thier, or you >> can Add the "Deskbar" which does the same thing and more, like searching >> from google, or other search engines. > > Yes, you're referring the creating an application launcher, I take it? > However, the > extension to this is the need to create one for each of the installed > applications that > do not get added to the (already in place) existing menus. I guess I'm > asking about > keeping the application launchers within the existing menu system. > >> >> For the gDeskcal Issues I would have to install it to see if it acts the >> same, but you should be able to create a menu item for it, by right >> clicking the "Application" menu and then going to where you want it. I >> will try to install gDeskcal soon and see if it is a re-occuring issue. > > I have seen this procedure mentioned in the FAQ > (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q12), however, > "Right-clicking" > Applications brings up: Help; Edit Menus; Remove from Panel and Lock to > Panel. > > Clicking on Edit Menus brings up a dialogue box that displays the > current list of > available applications, but no facility to *Add* a new menu item, from > what I'm seeing. > Again, is this expected, or is there some bits missing from my Gnome-2.14 > installation(s) (just checked on three other machines, with the same > results) here? Ahem, how long did you play with that Edit Menus? ;-) You can add a new entry by right click in that Edit Menus. Cheers, Mezz > Thanks again. > > Regards, > > Stacey -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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