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souls-seb

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Registered: 2006-09-30

Posts: 26

Gnome Menu Editing

I have an application to which I want a launcher in the Gnome Applications menu. But I cannot find a place or file to add it to.
gmenu-simple-editor does not seem to have an "Add Launcher" option, but where else should I look for such an option?

TIA

lessthanjake

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From: Norway

Registered: 2005-11-09

Posts: 319

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Re: Gnome Menu Editing

cp /opt/gnome/share/applications/some_similar_app.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/new_app_name.desktop
edit ~/.local/share/applications/new_app_name.desktop

Or for system wide effect copy to /opt/gnome/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.

souls-seb

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Registered: 2006-09-30

Posts: 26

Re: Gnome Menu Editing

It worked! 8)
I already tried creating a new launcher and mv there, to no effect.

Is there no newbie-friendlier alternative? gmenu-simple-editor surely lacks that option  :?

pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Gnome Menu Editing

It worked! 8)
I already tried creating a new launcher and mv there, to no effect.

Is there no newbie-friendlier alternative? gmenu-simple-editor surely lacks that option  :?

alacarte is the default menu editor for gnome starting from 2.16, which is in testing. If you don't use testing, the version of alacarte to be used with gnome 2.14 is in AUR.