Taking another peek...

Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) s.maddox at cyorxamp.info
Wed Oct 22 00:32:42 CEST 2008


> Yes, but: Menu editors won't work in most cases. What you *can* do is
> to copy the global menu file (like /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
> or /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu) to your home directory
> (~/.local/menus/applications.menu) and then you can modify it in any
> way you like. You can also create .desktop entries in
> ~/.local/share/applications/ to overload those in 
> /usr/share/applications or to add new applications to your menus. 
>
> What will not work is the use of <MergeFile> elements and things like
> that. See
>
>   http://svn.xfce.org/index.cgi/xfce/view/libxfce4menu/trunk/STATUS 
>
> for what is supported and what is not.
>
>   
OK sorry but I'm just not familiar with all that... break it down for 
me... For what I'm used to with Gnome and Alacarte in terms of the menu 
system - is it intended that 4.6 will do the same?  yay or nay?



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