How does Gnome populate its menus?
- From: J S <webnews comcast net>
- To: gnome-list <gnome-list gnome org>
- Subject: How does Gnome populate its menus?
- Date: Wed Jun 4 22:49:02 2003
I've been using Gnome for a few years, but I recently wanted to learn a
little bit more about the guts of the system. One thing I really want o
fiddle with is the Gnome menus. Can somebody explain to me how gnome
populates it's menus? I understand that there are .desktop files
describing the menu items and their actions. What I don't get is how
gnome decides what directories to check to find these .desktop files.
Is there a way to make gnome look into a user's home directory for more
.desktop files? Is there a nice way to allow each user to customize
his/her menu structure? I LOVE GNOME. I've even been able to convert
my wife from a Windows environment to Gnome. But, it sure seems easier
in Windows to customize a user's menu than it does in Gnome. That
really hurts to say that. Please help me figure out how Gnome does
this. Maybe, if I have the time and motivation, I will try to put
together a little application that allows users to customize the menu
just as easily as they can in Windows.
Josh
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J S <webnews comcast net>
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