[opensuse] kde4 - howto get to /usr/bin/kmenuedit in kde Control Panel
Listmates, I found it to run from the command line, but how/where is the icon or like in control panel or the menu for kmenuedit in kde4? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 03:18 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I found it to run from the command line, but how/where is the icon or like in control panel or the menu for kmenuedit in kde4?
In fact, there are a zillion KDE apps that do not get in the menu. And there is the odd duplication of items. That last one is a mystery to me. I run kmenuedit, and see the two menu entries. When I go to edit them, the content is identical in all I can see. However, the menu entry has often appended KDE3 to the menu entry shown, even though it is not in the text as seen in kmenuedit. All very mysterious. There used to be a way to search for installed apps and select to have them added to the menu if they were not already there. It was not perfect, but I think that capability is long gone. While on the topic of the K menu, what is the 'logic' deciding if something is 'System' or a 'Utility'? I am forever looking through both to find things. For example, why are things like File Managers, Terminals and Remote access considered System and not Utility? Why are things I do to my own desktop considered System when I am not changing things for the whole system - only for my own account? I would vote for a top level called Configure, with only two levels below that called Personal and System. Then put ALL ALL ALL config apps in one of these two places. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 11:28 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
but how/where is the icon or like in
control panel or the menu for kmenuedit in kde4?
Right click on the kicker and select Edit Menu ? -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 04 June 2009 04:28:03 Roger Oberholtzer wrote: <snip>
While on the topic of the K menu, what is the 'logic' deciding if something is 'System' or a 'Utility'? I am forever looking through both to find things. For example, why are things like File Managers, Terminals and Remote access considered System and not Utility? Why are things I do to my own desktop considered System when I am not changing things for the whole system - only for my own account? I would vote for a top level called Configure, with only two levels below that called Personal and System. Then put ALL ALL ALL config apps in one of these two places.
The real answer is that someone who manages the menu has made the decision to put app "X" in folder "Y" within the menu structure. The menu structure is completely an arbitrary choice saved in ~/.config/menus/applications- kmenuedit.menu. Installing other distros, you find that instead of somebody separating the apps into different menu sub-folders under "system", "utility", "internet", etc. all the apps are just dumped directly into the top level directory (example "system") and you end up with 50 apps displayed when you look at the system folder. It all boils down to a choice made by whoever is in change of the menu layout. Who is it? -- Now that's the question... Find that person and changes can probably be made based on a simple email. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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