Re: Menus

[Derek Broughton <derek@pointerstop.ca>]

On Tuesday 24 May 2005 14:42, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 May 2005 18:23, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > Can someone either describe, or point me to a description, of the KDE
> > menu system, please?
>
> As of KDE3.2 the menu is build after the freedesktop.org menu
> specification.
>
> This means that application menu entries are described by .desktop files
> under /usr/share/application or more precisely in any directory listed by
> #> kde-config --path xdgdata-apps
>
> The structure is described by .menu files under /etc/xdg/menus or more
> precisely and directory under
> #> kde-config --path xdgconf-menu

Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know.
>
> > Also, iirc, KDE used to have a program that would find .desktop files and
> > add them to the K menu.  If it still exists, kubuntu doesn't put it onto
> > a menu. What program is it?
>
> kappfinder

Bingo.  It's there, just not on the K menu.  Thanks!
-- 
derek