Taking another peek...

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Am Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:32:42 +0100
schrieb "Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp)" <s.maddox at cyorxamp.info>:

> 
> > 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?

You will be able to change the menu to whatever you want but not via a
GUI. You'll need to edit the menu file directly by your own hands with
a little bit of knowledge about the menu specification being required.

That's more of a (y|n)ay than a yay or a nay.

  - Jannis
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