XFCE Menu/Appfinder -

[Bob Goodwin]

Erik Harrison wrote:
> On 2/16/07, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>   
>> How do I add applications to either of of the lists?
>>
>> It seems that some things get added when installed while others do not,
>> for instance I was searching for "iptraf" this morning and had to go
>> through /usr/bin/ to find it.  Due to a mental aberration I could not
>> recall the exact name, if it had been listed in the XFCE Menu under
>> System along with "Etherape" etc. I would have found it easily.
>>     
>
> The appfinder and the autogenerated portion of the menu scan standard
> directories for .desktop files that describe the application[1]. If
> you don't see your application, either the app doesn't provide a
> iftraf.desktop file or installs it in an unexpected place.
>
> You could a .desktop file to /usr/share/applications to see the app
> show up. You could, if you were feeling frisky, send the file on to
> the iftraf maintainers so others don't have your problem
>   
Thanks for the help.

I tried creating a file  /usr/share/applications/iptraf.desktop  
constructed similar to others I found.  This at least gets the file name 
listed in 'appfinder" which is a plus but it wont start the iptraf 
application?  I could live with just having the correct app. name 
listed, that was half the battle this morning.  But it looks to me like 
this ought to work.  Entering /usr/bin/iptraf or even simply iptraf in a 
terminal starts it.  What am I missing here?

/usr/share/applications/iptraf.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=IPTraf
Comment=Network Monitor
Exec=/usr/bin/iptraf
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=
Categories=GNOME;System;Network;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.10

>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bob Goodwin