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Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0.
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Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0.
I just installed Debian v9.5.0 w/ the Mate desktop. So far, I've been quite pleased, with a few exceptions. For example "Totem" doesn't show up anywhere in the menus. I dl'd it, installed it, and have used it via directly running it. I've even been able to assign it as the default video player - but it won't show up anywhere in the Mate menus. (Is Mate refusing to show it because it's a Gnome program?) Apart from launchers not showing up, the menu categorization scheme is inept, so I wanted to edit & improve it. That effort got nowhere fast. I've dl'd 3 different menu editors, and none of them work. I've managed to make a new "Files" directory/folder/category for file utilities - but, after making the folder, none of the 3 allow it to be moved for re-ordering sequence. The up/down buttons are non-functional, and click/drag has no effect. It clicks, it dags a line, but nothing gets moved. And, the new folder doesn't show up in the actual "Applications" menu in the menu bar at all. Not even after logging out & then back in.
I've run through my normal bag of tricks (which aren't that many), and didn't find a solution via online search. Maybe, this is already in the queue for the Mate team to fix?
I've run through my normal bag of tricks (which aren't that many), and didn't find a solution via online search. Maybe, this is already in the queue for the Mate team to fix?
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
Which Mate menu editors have you tried? When you say " none worked" what exactly happened with each?Mate menu editors - none worked at all
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
What you probably should have done is simply installed it via apt (or apt-get/synaptic/aptitude/whatever package manager you choose) and everything would be configured for you. This usually leads to less issues.scruffyeagle wrote:snip...
I dl'd it, installed it, and have used it via directly running it.
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
Most menu systems work via the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications and this behavior can be over-ridden by copying the .desktop files to ~/.local/share/applications and modifying them as required.scruffyeagle wrote:the menu categorization scheme is inept, so I wanted to edit & improve it.
More here: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/ ... c-1.0.html
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
I use a Mate menu editor called mozo:
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mozo
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mozo
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
There are 2 titled "Main Menu", which have differing pop-up descriptions. I made the assumption that this indicates they're actually different programs. The 3rd was "Menu Editor". Exactly what happened, is what I wrote after "I managed"...arochester wrote:Which Mate menu editors have you tried? When you say " none worked" what exactly happened with each?Mate menu editors - none worked at all
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
I almost always dl' & install using Synaptic. The only times I haven't done it that way, is when I've resorted to directly dl'ing tarballs.Dai_trying wrote:What you probably should have done is simply installed it via apt (or apt-get/synaptic/aptitude/whatever package manager you choose) and everything would be configured for you. This usually leads to less issues.scruffyeagle wrote:snip...
I dl'd it, installed it, and have used it via directly running it.
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
Yes, Synaptic shows that as having been dl'd & installed. I didn't have any success with that one, either.dcihon wrote:I use a Mate menu editor called mozo:
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mozo
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
Did you read the link that HoaS posted? There is a specification for the freedesktop menu system, does the spec allow for creating new categories, or reordering the menu in the way you want?
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Re: Mate menu editors - none worked at all, in Debian v9.5.0
Wow - that's a LOT of heavy reading. I'll need to work my way through it, as & when time allows. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. And, my thanks to HoaS for the link.bw123 wrote:Did you read the link that HoaS posted? There is a specification for the freedesktop menu system, does the spec allow for creating new categories, or reordering the menu in the way you want?
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