Re: matchbox 0.9.x questions, debian

thanks matthew --

 > >     - mb-applet-xterm-wrapper.sh, referenced in
 > > 	mb-launcher-term.desktop, seems to be missing.
 > > 
 > 
 > Hmm, sounds like a debian packaging bug ?

okay -- i'll ask moray.

 > 
 > > 	the DesktopPrefernces->PanelManager, but i can't figure
 > > 	out how to remove them from the panel (if i add too many
 > > 	clocks, for instance).
 > 
 > You should be to click and hold ( urg ) for a second on the panel and
 > the menu will pop up ?

i'll try this.

 > >     - the only way i know of to customize the panel is to put my
 > > 	changes in ~/.matchbox/mbdock.session.  and the only way
 ...
 > See matchbox-panel --help, you can set default apps for empy panel,
 > turn on/off sessioning etc.

and this.

 > Id avoid debian style /usr/lib/menu ( I thought that was getting
 > depreciated for .desktop files anyway? ) and use .desktop files - not
 > that cumberson with copy and paste :)

well, the cumbersome part is the lengthy multiple language
choices, where the characters are all expressed in raw binary. 
maybe i need a new xterm solution, but if i cat or edit one of
these, it always reconfigures my xterm, making it unusable until
i do a Full Reset operation.

but i guess i'll have to learn to deal.  :-)  i'll probably write
my own easily parseable menu description file, and use it to
automagically create a set of .desktop files.

 > >     - is there a way to "white out" menu entries?  i.e., can i
 > > 	prevent a .desktop entry from /usr/share/applications from
 > > 	appearing, by putting something into ~/.applications?
 > > 
 > 
 > Apart from deleting it from /usr/share/applications, not really.

hrrmph.  too bad.  :-)

paul
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