Gnome menus in Xfce4.2?

[Jan Bakuwel]

Hoi Andrew,

> Yes, but what's in /usr/share/applications?  There could be .desktop
> files there and that would explain the duplicates.

Well, I'm not so much worried about the duplicates although it shouldn't 
be like that of course ;-)

I'm more worried about not finding a way to make Xfce4 display the 
menu's as one would expect. There are many files in 
/usr/share/applications (see below); however I can't make the 
correlation between those .desktop files and what I actually see in 
Xfce4 (something quite different). Having said that, there's a reference 
to /usr/share/gnome/apps in /etc/xdg/menus/xfce4.menu; what I don't get 
is why it does show two out of 4 menus...

It is true that CrossOver Office was installed after Xfce4 was installed 
and Kylix 3 before Xfce4 was installed. I could of course try to see if 
a reinstallation of Xfce4 make a difference, however it's also good to 
see if I can learn how these menus have been put together.

Anyway, if you do have an idea, I'd more than happy to hear it... :-)

cheers 'n thanks for your help,
Jan


These are the files in /usr/share/applications:

myrw:/usr/share/applications# ls
Terminal.desktop                ooo645draw.desktop
Xfbook.desktop                  ooo645impress.desktop
Xfdiff.desktop                  ooo645math.desktop
Xffm.desktop                    ooo645printeradmin.desktop
Xffstab.desktop                 ooo645template.desktop
Xfglob.desktop                  ooo645web.desktop
Xfmime_edit.desktop             ooo645writer.desktop
Xfsamba.desktop                 reclevel.desktop
Xftree.desktop                  screensaver-properties.desktop
boot.desktop                    themus-theme-applier.desktop
bug-buddy-core.desktop          time.desktop
bug-buddy.desktop               users.desktop
eog.desktop                     vumeter.desktop
gdmflexiserver-xnest.desktop    xfcalendar.desktop
gdmflexiserver.desktop          xfce-backdrop-settings.desktop
gdmsetup.desktop                xfce-display-settings.desktop
gedit.desktop                   xfce-filemanager-settings.desktop
gimp-2.2.desktop                xfce-iconbox-settings.desktop
gksu.desktop                    xfce-keyboard-settings.desktop
gksuexec.desktop                xfce-menueditor.desktop
gnome-cd.desktop                xfce-mixer-settings.desktop
gnome-font-viewer.desktop       xfce-mouse-settings.desktop
gnome-sound-recorder.desktop    xfce-panel-settings.desktop
gnome-system-monitor.desktop    xfce-session-settings.desktop
gnome-terminal.desktop          xfce-settings-manager.desktop
gnome-volume-control.desktop    xfce-splash-settings.desktop
gnomecc.desktop                 xfce-taskbar-settings.desktop
leafpad.desktop                 xfce-ui-settings.desktop
mimeinfo.cache                  xfce-wm-settings.desktop
mozilla-firefox.desktop         xfce-workspaces-settings.desktop
mozilla-thunderbird-pm.desktop  xfce-xfcalendar-settings.desktop
mozilla-thunderbird.desktop     xfce-xfprint-settings.desktop
nautilus-computer.desktop       xfce4-appfinder.desktop
nautilus-home.desktop           xfld-xnetcardconfig.desktop
nautilus.desktop                xfmedia.desktop
network-scheme.desktop          xfprint-manager.desktop
network.desktop                 xfprint.desktop
ooo645calc.desktop              yelp.desktop
myrw:/usr/share/applications#


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