Re: Custom Menu Trouble

I figured out the best way to do custom menus.  The .desktop search path
includes /usr/local/share/applications which didn't exist so I created
that directory and copied all the required application .desktop files
there.  I then edited the .desktop files and changed the Categories
entry to use custom category files.  I can now use the category
statements in my menu to automatically pick up only my custom categories
of application desktop files without the inconsistent results I was
getting before.  This sort of setup is much more suitable for kiosk type
setups.  

Murray


> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to build a custom menu with only the entries I want in it
> and none of the auto-included ones in the default KDE menu.  The menu
> below appears but some of the entries, KMyMoney and Task Juggler don't
> appear for some reason.  The .desktop files for these apps are on the
> system.  Also template.desktop should run the OpenOffice start from
> template program.  Instead it tries to start a dictionary program.  Any
> idea why these things are happening.  I have automatically included a
> list of all the apps at the top to help my development - hope that isn't
> interfering with anything.  I am using SuSE 10.2 and have this menu as a
> kiosk profile menu file.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Murray
> 
> 
> <!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
> "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
> <Menu>
>  <Name>SuSE</Name>
>  <Directory>suse-main.directory</Directory>
> <!-- Search the default locations --> <KDELegacyDirs/>
>  <DefaultAppDirs/>
>  <DefaultDirectoryDirs/>
>  <Include>
>   <Category>X-SuSE-core</Category>
>  </Include>
>  <Menu>
>   <OnlyUnallocated/>
>   <Name>Applications</Name>
>   <Directory>suse-applications.directory</Directory>
>   <Include>
>    <All/>
>   </Include>
>  </Menu>
> 
>  <Menu>
>   <Name>Office</Name>
>   <Include>
>    <Filename>calc.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>base.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>impress.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>writer.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>template.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>kmymoney2.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>scribus.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>taskjuggler.desktop</Filename>
>   </Include>
>  </Menu>
> 
>  <Menu>
>   <Name>Internet</Name>
>   <Include>
>    <Filename>evolution.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>gaim.desktop</Filename>
>    <Filename>MozillaFirefox.desktop</Filename>
>   </Include>
>  </Menu>
> 
>  <Include>
>   <Filename>kde-KControl.desktop</Filename>
>   <Filename>kde-Kfind.desktop</Filename>
>   <Filename>kde-Help.desktop</Filename>
>   <Filename>kde-Home.desktop</Filename>
>  </Include>
> </Menu>