How to add a new item to Gnome menu

TruongAn · 05-29-2005, 01:34 AM

After install a new program using rpm -ivh, I found
a new icon for this program appear in Gnome menu
after a logoff and login again.
But if I install this software by using make install, there
is no way to activate this program except using command
line. I 've known how to creat a new item in Gnome panel,
but I can't add new item to Gnome menu. The add new
item is gray and can't be pressed.

heema · 05-29-2005, 01:53 AM

there is a program that you could use called gnome-menu-editor

http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=867

or you could do it manually, here is how i added limewire

Code:

su
gedit /usr/share/applications/LimeWire.desktop

Insert the following lines into the new file

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LimeWire
Comment=LimeWire
Exec=runLime.sh
Icon=/opt/LimeWire/LimeWire.ico
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;

then you could refreash the menu by tping killall gnome-panel