panel menus

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:34:17 -0800, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:

>>> but in 2.10, i seem unable to get the file browser to go to the
>>> uri <applications:///>.  i am told
>>>     "applications:///" is not a valid location
>>> by a popup.  i suspect that this is the core problem.
>> "applications:///" is dead and has been removed by GNOME developers,
>> because menu core in GNOME 2.10 is a big change.
>
> from <http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.10/ch05s07.html>
> see
>     To Add a Menu
>     To add a menu, perform the following steps:
>        1.In a file manager window, access the location where you want to  
> add
> 	 the menu. For example, if you want to add a menu to the
> 	 Applications menu, enter applications:/// URI.
>
> not that i disagree with your diagnosis, as it sure seems dead here.

Poor us, GNOME developers don't even bother to update the 'handbook' when  
they do a copy and paste from 2.8.x or older. There is no menu editor in  
offical GNOME 2.10 released.

> but if that horse is dead, what one do i ride?  how do i get a custom
> hierarchic menu added to the/a panel?

You can grab MarcusCom CVS for ports-stable and install  
deskutils/menueditor. ports-stable is a stable version that will keeping  
up to date when ports tree is freeze.

http://www.realistanew.com/2005/03/18/gnome-menu-editor/

Cheers,
Mezz

> randy


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