Re: custom menus

[peer <linuxpeerjam gmail com>]

On 12/18/2010 02:52 PM, enaut wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I need some advise concerning menus.
> > > >
> > > > I use Ubuntu for music production. Linuxaudio uses the principle 
> > > > 'one task, one tool' a lot. That means a lot of small packages with 
> > > > as consequence a list of about 50 (!) entries in the submenu 
> > > > Applications > Sound&Video
> > > >
> > > > That made me think about making submenus like:
> > > >
> > > > Sound&Video
> > > >                     : Audio editing
> > > >                     : Synths
> > > >                     : Mixing
> > > >                     : Recording
> > > >                     : Sound synthesis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Then I need to get the right app (synth1) in the right menu entry 
> > > > (synths).
> > > >
> > > > Installing a not yet installed synth, synth0, should be hit submenu 
> > > > synths also when installing it.
> > > >
> > > > These menus should not be for myself only, but other users on other 
> > > > computers should also be able to get the same menus.
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking forward to your advise and pointers.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Peer
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is this the right mailinglist for this kind of questions?
> >
> > Anyone please?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Peer
> This is kind of the right list but I think the task is quite hard for 
> somebody not knowing the whole infrastructure.
> To give you an idea what I'm talking about. To introduce this kind of 
> modifikation you have to change all the packages involved. meaning you 
> have to do some small or even trivial changes to all these packages. 
> This is feasable if you know whom to talk to but without knowing the 
> whole ecosystem I guess this is too much for a start.
> If you want to change this for your computer only you might want to 
> look ad the desktop files in /usr/share/applications/.
> Or you can edit the menu using the graphical editor alacarte.
>
> enaut
>
> PS: I never modified any menu so those are all just guesses how that 
> should work. I did not test them. But since you seemed so desperate I 
> thought that might help you ;)

Thanks. I see this entry in most of the audio related desktop files:

Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;

I have to edit those files right, to fit a new new menus organization.

How is the hierarchy managed in this?

Would it be possible to have something like:
Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;Synth


Thanks in advance,

~peer