Re: editing menus

[Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>]

Robert Holtzman wrote:
> Gnome is correct, but there is no Main Menu under "Desktop -> 
> Preferences". There is a "Menus and Toolbars" selection, however it has 
> nothing to do with editing menu items. BTW it looks like "Desktop" has 
> replaced "System".
>
> "Help" talks about creating a "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/applications.menu"
> in $HOME, supposedly to define a menu entry, and while it looks doable, 
> it also looks like I would be opening a bucket of worms.
>
> I forgot to include the fact that I'm running 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486. 
> Sorry.

What version of gnome does etchnhalf ship with? The menu editor 
(alacarte) from ubuntu is probably a much recent version than that with 
etch. Try installing alacarte from lenny or sid.

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