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  1. February 27th, 2009 #1
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    desktop-icon invoking main menu?

    Anyone know how to make a desktop-icon that invokes the main(gnome) menu?

    What command is needed ?
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  2. February 27th, 2009 #2
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    Re: desktop-icon invoking main menu?

    You can't. Only way is to somehow get the menu bound to a key combo, then use xdotool to execute the key combo.
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    Re: desktop-icon invoking main menu?

    Closest thing that came to my mind was something like a gnome-menu screenlet/desklet

    btw Kde4 has one called Lancelot
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