I urgently need to say that freedesktop menus are a piece of crap.

Linux.tar.gz · 11-02-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

We are not freedesktop. There's no point telling us this, it doesn't add anything to LQ.org

It's the best Linux forums, so i presume that my opinion can make more people think about it than when i pull my hair off alone.

Linux.tar.gz · 11-02-2012, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

To look at the actual problem, it sounds like you're editing configuration files. Sometimes, all you need to do is alter the category in the .desktop file for the program.

I already figured out that.

Linux.tar.gz · 11-02-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs

Perhaps you could elaborate on that a little bit more, David? What sort of "alterations of the category" would you make, and how? Examples, etc.?

A bit complicated to explain, i wanted to remove useless parts, and change categories order.
The result was all removed, or all messed up, or the reversed result.

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Originally Posted by DavidMcCann

Here's the documentation: have fun!
http://standards.freedesktop.org/men...-spec-1.1.html
http://standards.freedesktop.org/des...-spec-1.0.html

Thanks.
I never imagined that chaos can be documented...