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SteveDee
February 4th, 2012, 04:50 PM
There seems to be a regular stream of new Lubuntu users wishing to add new menu items to launch their applications or run a shortcut.

There is no menu editor for Lubuntu, so this task is normally performed manually by creating a .desktop file with the required parameters and saving it (with root privileges) in: /usr/share/applications/

...Or maybe this is a good time for some of you to try your hand at programming in Linux by creating your own app!

If so, there is a simple Gambas example to get you started here: http://www.linuxbasic.net/applicationscode-snippets/simple-app-to-add-menu-items-on-lubuntu/

ajgreeny
February 4th, 2012, 06:14 PM
There already is a menu editor for Lubuntu, though not yet included in the repos as far as I'm aware.
http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/sourceforge/l/project/lx/lxmed/

SteveDee
February 4th, 2012, 06:26 PM
There already is a menu editor for Lubuntu...

Yeah, it will probably be in 12.04...still would be nice to get a few more people programming...