Still unable to create launchers in GNOME menu

[David M. Carney]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:38:45 -0500, Bryan Pizzuti
<bpizzuti at optonline.net> wrote:
> (Don't you hate the reply bit?)
> 
> 0.5. (Heh)  Run Nautilus as root, if the system is so configured (mine is).
> But that isn't supposed to matter, I think...I think each menu is a
> user-by-user basis?
> 1. Go to "applications:///" location in Nautilus (Browser mode)
> 2. Right-click, select "Create Launcher"
> 3. Browse for the launched file, finn in the blanks, hit "OK."
> 4. And....nothing.
> 
> Incidentally, it doesn't matter if you're creating it in the root or one of
> the folders or sub-folders.  And you CAN create subfolders.  Just not
> launchers, which are the actual menu items.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David M. Carney [mailto:carney1979 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 4:29 PM
> To: Bryan Pizzuti
> Subject: Re: Still unable to create launchers in GNOME menu
> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:10:10 -0500, Bryan Pizzuti <bpizzuti at optonline.net>
> wrote:
> > It's not working. I can create menus (folders) fine, but launchers
> > simply refuse to create. Period. Under my own user, root, tree,
> > branch, what have you. ;)
> >
> > I'm running KDE now, simply because it's letting me edit the menu and
> > put in everything that doesn't make it into the GNOME menu (All the
> > cool little items from "universe" like LBreakout and SuperTux and
> > CircusLinux.  One must entertain oneself sometimes, ya know)..  This
> > is a serious annoyance, since about 66% of the apps I use use GNOME,
> > but I can live with that. But what's going on with the GNOME menu?
> >
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> >
> How are you trying to create menu items? We can't help you if we don't know
> ;-)
> 
> David
> 
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> Registered Linux User #297958
> 
> 
Bryan,

That's the hard way. Try this:

Let's pretend you want to create a menu entry for a new game.

As a "normal" (non-root) user, left-click the "Applications" menu.

Move your pointer down to "Games". A child-menu will appear with some
games on it. Move the pointer to the child-menu.

Move the pointer over any game name and when it's highlighted,
right-click on it. Yet another child-menu will appear. Move your
pointer to "Entire menu".

Now hold on, we're almost there! 

Once you've moved your pointer over "Entire menu", one final
child-menu will appear. Select "Add new item to this menu".

A "Create Launcher" dialog box will appear. Fill it out, click "OK"
and you're done!

David

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Registered Linux User #297958