Fwd: edubuntu-menu-editor

[Kees]

On 10/09/10 10:31, Marc Gariépy wrote:
> Hello Kees,
> 
> I have just found and opened a new bug in edubuntu-menueditor
> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/menueditor/+bug/634638
> 
> First you will need to import your menu file without a space in the name.
> and you will need to rename the "sound & video" menu name to "Multimedia",
> as commented in the lp:#619226 the character "&" cause a problem within
> the xml
> file.
> 
> With those 2 fixes everything should work.
> 
> Thanks for feedback, this is appreciated.

Thank you very much, that worked.

I always like finding bugs in a new system, helps others as well.
Unfortunately my programming skills are not up to helping you fix the
bugs, but am glad they are at least identified.

Keep up the good work,

Kees

> 
> Marc
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Kees* <keesvonk at gmail.com <mailto:keesvonk at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: edubuntu-menu-editor
> To: Marc Gariépy <gariepy.marc at gmail.com <mailto:gariepy.marc at gmail.com>>
> 
> 
> On 08/09/10 20:52, Marc Gariépy wrote:
>> Hello Kees,
>>
>> Can you send me your menu.tar.gz file of your menu
>> and /etc/desktop-profiles/*.listing please.
>>
>> It's supposed to work correctly for groups unless you fall into this
>> bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/menueditor/+bug/619226
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marc
> 
> Tried manually editing the tar.gz file, changing "System Menu" to
> "System", but still did not work, here are the requested files.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Kees
> 
> 
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 14:08 +0800, Kees wrote:
>>> On 08/09/10 13:07, Joseph Hartman wrote:
>>>> I got it to work a while back. If I recall there are two apps to make it
>>>> happen. The first allows you to specify which menus and sub menus appear
>>>> for the user. Make your choices using the check boxes and save as the
>>>> menu as a tarball on the desktop. Then open the second app. This one
>>>> allows you to assign the tarball configuration to a specific group or
>>>> user. If memory serves there are three windows in the second app, the
>>>> left displays the users and or groups while the right side shows the
>>>> tarball and the bottom shows the pairings between the two. You must
>>>> first import the tarball. To do so right click in the blank space of the
>>>> right side window and select "import" or whatever. Browse to the desktop
>>>> and select the tarball to import it. If I recall you must change the
>>>> browser to look for "all files" before it will see the tarball. Once you
>>>> have imported the tarball into the second app, click and drag it from
>>>> the right side of the second app window onto the user/group in the left
>>>> side window. If this is done correctly then a new entry should show up
>>>> on the bottom window of the second app. Click file and save to save the
>>>> configuration and you should be ready to rock. I encountered a few bugs,
>>>> but for the most part it worked as advertised, although I only ever used
>>>> it for specific users, not groups. Let us know how it goes. Best
>>>> regards, -Joe
>>>
>>> This exactly what I am doing and it does not seem to have any effect.
>>>
>>> Maybe the problem is that I am assigning it to a group, but it seems to
>>> suggest that is what you can do.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help though.
>>>
>>> Kees
>>>
>>> (btw if you name the tarball <anything>.tar.gz it will see it
>>> immediately in the browser, any other extension and you need to select
>>> 'all files', even with .tgz)
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM, "Kees" <keesvonk at gmail.com
> <mailto:keesvonk at gmail.com>
>>>> <mailto:keesvonk at gmail.com <mailto:keesvonk at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>>>> I am trying to assign a menu structure to a group of users, using the
>>>>> 'menu-editor' and the 'edubuntu-menu-editor profile manager' but I must
>>>>> be doing something wrong here. I am doing the following"
>>>>>
>>>>> * New Edubuntu 10.04 install with LTSP according to:
>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/installLTSPlucid
>>>>> * Create new user (modelstudent)
>>>>> * Create new group (student) and assign modelstudent to it
>>>>> * Edit and save menu: StudentMenu.tar.gz
>>>>> * Assign Menu to group 'student'
>>>>>
>>>>> (at the point even tried rebooting, ltsp-update-*)
>>>>>
>>>>> * Log in on LTSP terminal, and just get the full menu
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I get the edited menu for all students in group 'student'? I
>>>>> have searched and googled a lot in the last few days, but the
>>>>> documentation on this seems extremely sparse.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone can help me that would be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kees
>>>>>
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