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Old 01-31-2016, 10:05 PM   #1
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How to modify Cinnamon Menu


Two questions:

1. I'm trying to create a simplified menu for non-techy users. Is there a way to hide the "All Applications" entry on the Cinnamon menu?

2. Using the Menu Editor applet, I've tried creating a new menu entry under Accessories", but the menu does not show up. The first selection of the new menu does show up. Are menus not allowed on the right-column entries?

Also, I've noticed that when I copy a menu entry (using the Menu Editor applet) and paste under another sub-menu, it does do the copy, but it also makes a second copy in the original location. If I 'cut' instead it does not make a second copy, but neither does it remove the original entry. Are these behaviors simply bugs?

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Old 02-01-2016, 08:53 AM   #2
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1. I'm trying to create a simplified menu for non-techy users. Is there a way to hide the "All Applications" entry on the Cinnamon menu?
I don't think so. I think "All Applications" is hard-coded into the menu app. You would have to have programming skills to change it. I could be wrong, but I believe that is how it is.
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2. Using the Menu Editor applet, I've tried creating a new menu entry under Accessories", but the menu does not show up. The first selection of the new menu does show up. Are menus not allowed on the right-column entries?
I have tried that with no success. I have also tried editing /home/yourusername/.config/menus/cinnamon-applications.menu with no success.
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Also, I've noticed that when I copy a menu entry (using the Menu Editor applet) and paste under another sub-menu, it does do the copy, but it also makes a second copy in the original location. If I 'cut' instead it does not make a second copy, but neither does it remove the original entry. Are these behaviors simply bugs?
One of the many bugs in the menu editing program (alacarte). After you cut and paste, you have to deactive the original.

I gave up on organizing the menu a long time ago. alacarte just plain sucks. It is going to create the menu pretty much the way it wants to, and there isn't a lot you can do to modify it.

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Old 02-01-2016, 01:25 PM   #3
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Hmmm, is there a place to post Ubuntu bugs like bugzilla?
 
Old 02-01-2016, 01:27 PM   #4
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~ $ apt-cache show alacarte
Package: alacarte
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1162
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 3.10.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), gnome-menus (>= 3.5.3), python-gi (>= 3.0), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 (>= 3.5.3), gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
Filename: pool/universe/a/alacarte/alacarte_3.10.0-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 82644
MD5sum: 9a19f9e473114902a655c68ff26c464b
SHA1: 553e78b8af022c8bc7d54dab07f53abca4b2eba4
SHA256: d67ca4a2e95583b2f570c1def8826e71da7c173913320fc64f5aa880c8d57ad6
Description-en: easy GNOME menu editing tool
Alacarte is an easy-to-use menu editor for GNOME that can add
and edit new entries and menus. It works with the freedesktop.org
menu specification and should work with any desktop environment
that uses the spec.
Description-md5: ea89a81c038b7864336ed55a2783b93b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-desktop
 
Old 02-02-2016, 09:51 AM   #5
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Bugs submitted: #1540974, #1540980. You are welcome to go there and add your 2-cents worth.

Thanks. I never noticed that the 'show' function included the bug report link!
 
  


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