Bug and discussion about ubuntu menu

[Cory K.]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz (alias wattazoum) wrote:
> Cory K. wrote:
>   
>> Just wondering. Do any of you know how this is technically implemented
>> and what it could possibly effect?
>>
>> -Cory K.
>>     
> Well, it depends on what you want to do. If the point is just to change 
> the menu layout and labels , it only affect gnome-menus. But to change 
> an entry like system>Administration>Printing, it affects the concerned 
> application.
>
> So it's easier to change the layout than all the entries.
>
> wattazoum
>   

IMO, this will need much work/testing before it's considered for Ubuntu.
(notice there's been no real "official" interest)

So I would create a package named ubuntu-alt-menu (or something) to have
people test.

Ubuntu Studio has played with the Sound&Video menu to create 2
sub-menus. Maybe what we've done can be used as an example for you.
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev/ubuntustudio/ubuntustudio-menu

-Cory K.