Re: Menu Editor problem

From: Larry Cohen (ad6iz_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:31:11 GMT

I have exactly the same problem with the menu editor. It fails to show
shortcuts to programs that exist in the menu itself. See my posting on
8/3/2004 and subsequent replies. It is very frustrating.
Larry
"Leonidas Rex" <leonidas_rex@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:CTdPc.368220$Gx4.57523@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> Hi!
>
> SuSE Linux has been my distribution of choice since 7.1.
> Recentlychosenadfromrom 8.1 to 9.1.
> Under 8.1 I had a KDE problem that persists in 9.1.
>
> By clicking on the round green dragon head botton on the left side of the
> bottom KDE menu bar with the right mouse button, the Menu Editor is
loaded.
>
> When adding an application listing to Internet/More Programs, everything
> seems normal, until you invoke the Menu Editor at a future time.
>
> When invoking the Menu Editor at a future time, you find that the
> applications listed under the submenu to which you previously added an
> application do not list to the screen. When you click on the plus icon of
> the submenu the icon changes to a minus icon, but the submenu applications
> do not drop down.
>
> This means that you can not delete, add, or edit any application listed
> under the submenu in question.
>
> When choosing an icon to represent the application, the Keyes icon was
> chosen from the application icon listing of the Menu Editor icon browser
> feature. Otherwise the application listing was minimalist. The application
> was an RPM file loaded into the SuSE Linux System using Yast.
>
> Since this problem has migrated through three major distributions of SuSE
> Linux, the problem has been around for awhile. Therefore, the prospect is
> good that someone has found a work-around for this problem. Please share
> with me.
>
> My /home/myusername/.config/menus/applications-Kmenuedit.menu file is
listed
> below. The file listing in question is bidwatcher (which incidently
doesn't
> seem to work either.
>
> Also I was wondering, where does the menu software find the reference to
> which icon is matched to an application file. Hopefully the reference
would
> be to a text file.
>
> And yes I did go to freedesktop.org and KDE.org. If the answer is there I
> failed to find it.
>
> <!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
> "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
> <Menu>
> <Layout>
> <Merge type="menus" />
> <Menuname>Applications</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Development</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Edutainment</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Games</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Graphics</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Internet</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Multimedia</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Office</Menuname>
> <Menuname>System</Menuname>
> <Menuname>Utilities</Menuname>
> <Merge type="files" />
> <Filename>kde-KControl.desktop</Filename>
> <Filename>kde-Kfind.desktop</Filename>
> <Filename>kde-Home.desktop</Filename>
> <Filename>kde-Help.desktop</Filename>
> </Layout>
> <Menu>
> <Name>Internet</Name>
> <Menu>
> <Name>More Programs</Name>
> <Layout>
> <Merge type="files" />
> <Filename>bidwatcher.desktop</Filename>
> <Filename>tinyca.desktop</Filename>
> </Layout>
> <Include>
> <Filename>bidwatcher.desktop</Filename>
> </Include>
> </Menu>
> </Menu>
> </Menu>
>
> Best regards, and thanks for any help.
> .