[xubuntu-users] How can I edit the whisker menu

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Lutz Andersohn <landersohn at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 21:09 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>
> I'm baffled by the whisker menu.  I want to edit what's in it, but I'm
> having little luck.  I'm not even sure what doc to read.
>
>
> So, of course, I right-clicked on the icon, and went to Edit
> Applications.  On expanding "System" I see a long list of applications,
> including Menu Editor, which sounded promising.  But despite appearing in
> the list for System, it does not appear in the actual whisker menu under
> System and I don't see any option to make it do so.  If I can't do that, I
> don't have much hope of adding anything that's actually new.
>
>
> So what obvious thing is it that I'm missing?  I think what I'm looking
> for should be obvious, and I'm afraid I missed the obvious (this is more
> and more frequent as I get older).
>
>
> --
>
> Kevin O'Gorman
>
> #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb))   /* Shakespeare */
>
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> Whisker menu assembles the menu from the various *.desktop files it finds.
> Adding a custom item is very easy using MenuLibre: MenuLibre essentially
> creates a *.desktop file and Whisker picks it up.
> I do that all the time.
>

I tried looking for *.desktop files, and didn't find anything very helpful
-- possibly because there are so many in so many places, and very few of
them with names that relate to things I see in the whisker menu.  Also you
neglect to connect the dots, and give any help in figuring out just what
you accomplish and just how you accomplish it.

I'm really floundering here.  How do I get started?

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman
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