alacarte menu editor compatibility

[cavalier911]

What determines a program or functions location in the lxpanel menu plugin is the Categories= of it's .desktop file.

cat /usr/share/applications/abiword.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=abiword
Icon=abiword_48
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;WordProcessor;GNOME;GTK;X-Red-Hat-Base;
StartupNotify=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.9
MimeType=application/x-abiword;text/x-abiword;text/x-xml-abiword;text/plain;application/msword;application/rtf;application/vnd.plain;application/xhtml+xml;text/html;application/x-crossmark;application/docbook+xml;application/x-t602;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;text/vnd.wap.wml;application/wordperfect6;application/wordperfect5.1;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/x-abicollab;application/vnd.palm;application/x-applix-word;application/x-kword;application/x-mif;application/x-mswrite;application/x-palm-database;text/abiword;text/richtext;text/rtf;application/x-abicollab
Name=AbiWord
GenericName=Word Processor
Comment=Compose, edit, and view documents

Categories list: http://standards.freedesktop.org/men...atest/apa.html

[jeidern]

Im sorry for I am a newbie when it comes to these things. I tried searching for the .desktop file. I checked the /usr/share/applications directory and I can't seem to find it... how do I find it and how do I go about editing the .desktop file?

[lance bermudez]

open terminal and
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo leafpad nameoffile.destop

I have nautilus installed so i would do
sudo leafpad nautilus-browser.desktop
found out the name by using pcmanfm right click properties
now to make then go away look at the example

[Desktop Entry]
Name=File Browser
Comment=Browse the file system with the file manager
TryExec=nautilus
Exec=nautilus --no-desktop --browser %U
Icon=system-file-manager
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
NoDisplay=true
Categories=GTK;System;Utility;Core;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.30.1
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus

the above has
NoDisplay=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME; just add them to the files you dont want to show up I had to take it out of the above file so that nautilus would show up in the menu listings

[matsonfamily]

yeah, I've noticed that Alacarte does show the menu items, but cannot edit them (pressing the properties button). Anyone know where specifically I'm supposed to post a bug like this? I'm not interested in editing files; that's why I use a desktop-environment. Thanks.

[Rodney9]

yeah, I've noticed that Alacarte does show the menu items, but cannot edit them (pressing the properties button). Anyone know where specifically I'm supposed to post a bug like this? I'm not interested in editing files; that's why I use a desktop-environment. Thanks.

I have been searching and searching for a way to add items to my Lubuntu 11.10 menu as some software programs, ie Shutter & Alarm Clock, don't get added automatically.

I have tried lxde methods and lxmed, but neither work.
I have seen many posts about Alacarte , but again it is said it does not work.

So is there any news on a easy to use menu editor for Lubuntu ?

Rodney

[Rodney9]

No news ?

How to you add new apps to the menu ?

[amjjawad]

No news ?

How to you add new apps to the menu ?

It's an old thread but it's ok if that will help everyone

I follow the manual approach. I do that manually to the .desktop file on /usr/share/applications

For example: to show LockScreen on the Menu:

1- Open PCManFM
2- Tools > Open Current Folder as Root
3- Right Click on ScreenLock and choose "Leafpad"
4- Add these two lines in red:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=ScreenLock
Name[zh_TW]=鎖住螢幕
Comment=Lock your screen
Icon=system-lock-screen
Exec=xscreensaver-command -lock
#NoDisplay=true
Categories=Settings

5- You'll find it under Preferences

6- For other applications that you can't find under "applications", you can use "allocate" command in LXTerminal + the package name so you can allocate its location. For example, "conky" will be available in "/etc".

See also: http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31189