fslint menu items still gone...

[rikona]

Hello Jim,

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 11:49:59 AM, Jim wrote:

> On 11/15/2016 01:28 PM, rikona wrote:
>> Hello NoOp,
>>
>> Monday, November 14, 2016, 6:28:39 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/14/2016 5:33 PM, rikona wrote:
>>>> Hello NoOp,
>>>>
>>>> Monday, November 14, 2016, 4:32:58 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/14/2016 03:57 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/14/2016 10:01 AM, rikona wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 22:17:59 -0800
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> There are no menus in the top/active menu bar:
>>>>>>>> http://write.flossmanuals.net/fslint/common-interface-items/
>>>>>>>> http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I realize you can't see the menu, and it is not described well in
>>>>>>> references.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BUT - here is a photo of the menus in the top/active menu bar:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://s19.postimg.org/7ad6hcrzn/fslint_menus01.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you can see, there are items in the menu bar, as well as sub-menus
>>>>>>> and sub-sub-menus. As I said, there ARE menu items.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What version is that? I cannot get a menu to appear on GNOME, GNOME
>>>>>> Classic, GNOME Flashback (compiz or metacity), or Unity. I can't recall
>>>>>> ever seeing a menu, but I'll see if I can find an old 12.x version to
>>>>>> verify.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I turned on all Unity defaults & installed the 12.04 version & still
>>>>> no menus:
>>>>
>>>> My 12.04 was fully updated not that long ago. It also had a TON of
>>>> pgms installed. Since this seems to be a gtk issue, it might be that
>>>> the right gtk stuff was installed somehow. It does have a LOT of gtk
>>>> stuff!
>>>>
>>>>> $ apt policy fslint
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm... when I run this I get 'command not found' so couldn't compare
>>>> with your result, and apt is not on the list of suggested things I
>>>> might have meant to install. :-) My box was std Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>
>>> It is the 'new & improved' apt in 16.04. Use:
>>
>>> $ apt-cache policy fslint
>>> fslint:
>>>   Installed: 2.40-1
>>>   Candidate: 2.44-2
>>>   Version table:
>>>      2.44-2 500
>>>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64
>>> Packages
>>>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386
>>> Packages
>>>  *** 2.40-1 100
>>>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> OK - that worked in 12.04. 2.42-2 is installed there; 2.44-2 is in
>> 16.04.
>>
>>> Note from the above that I even installed a non-repository 2.40-1
>>> version to test (menu only - I didn't turn it loose on my system) -
>>> same result. So you may be right regarding gtk issues. I think I
>>> have an old 12.04 VM around somewhere that I'll try if I find it.
>>> However, I think you'll have to do without the menu(s) for now.
>>
>> It is certainly looking like that. Unfortunately, without the menus
>> it is essentially useless except for very trivial tasks that can be
>> done other ways. I used to use this pgm all the time - it is a
>> great tool, and I don't know of another that is nearly as good.
>> :-(( 
>>

> this maybe totally off base but were there keyboard shortcuts to the
> menu items you used to see? If they function maybe you could salvage
> some use out of the app.

That's a great suggestion. I checked the 12.04 version, which still
has menus, and there are a couple of shortcuts that can add a couple
of functions. There are no shortcuts for the 'select' ones, though,
but Oliver pointed out a way to get to those. Between your suggestion
and his, it gives me most of what I had, and a functional tool again.

Thanks!

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 rikona