On 25/10/2018 12:34, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Using XFCE I have "something" I do not know how it is called,
Right-click on it, and the applet name should be right at the top of the context menu. I use "whisker menu" instead of the default Xfce menu. Most Xfce-based distros seem to be using it.
Otherwise, I have to remember the name of the application and type its name on the main "menu", and I get the entry - what good is a main menu if I have to type the name of the application to get it?
I bind the Whisker menu to the Super (Windows) key. Then a tap of Super and a few letters of the app name get me the app I want -- much quicker than browsing, if I already know the name of the app. This is the same way that both Ubuntu Unity and GNOME Shell app launchers work, and Win8.x/Win10, and it's very close to cmd-space on macOS, so for me it has the benefit of familiarity.
I might as well use alt-F2 instead.
Alt-F2 requires you to type the name of the executable binary file. Hitting Super means typing the _displayed_ name of the program, not its filename. I find that easier, myself. For rarely-used apps, I do hunt through the menus. For ones I use a lot, I've got launchers pinned to the taskbar. But for ones in between, Super plus 2-3 letters is quick and convenient, IMHO.
Remember that many XFCE users go there running away from the modernities of Gnome or KDE. We like traditional menus.
True!
From my times as Windows programmer I remember the exe file contained the icon resource in an standard way. Doesn't Linux do the same?
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