Start menu links questions
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:23 am
Hi! I put this question in the Cinnamon section because I'm using it right now, but if I don't go wrong the problem is in common with MATE as in LMDE 201204 Cinnamon/MATE start menu is shared between the two and regulated by common files.
Question number 1: I wanted to put some custom links I made (by creating new .desktop files in /usr/share/applications/) in the Administration category, so I took a look at those already existing. I noted they all have a combination of System and Settings as highlighted entries. I've done so, and my custom links actually appeared under Administration. The problem is, they are in Preferences too, as a consequence of "Settings" voice, as all default ones are. That makes my Preferences section a bit overcrowded. Anyway, obviously, if I just remove "Settings" option, they are moved to System Tools, where they previously weren't, without being in Administration (because of the lone "System"). Is there a way to put things under Administration without them appearing in Preferences too?
Question number 2 (Which probably is a solution to number 1 as well): Is there a way to create a custom category, assigning it viewed name and the option a .desktop link must have under "Category" to be put in it? Which file I have to edit or create to make so?
Thanks everyone, waiting for replies!
Question number 1: I wanted to put some custom links I made (by creating new .desktop files in /usr/share/applications/) in the Administration category, so I took a look at those already existing. I noted they all have a combination of System and Settings as highlighted entries. I've done so, and my custom links actually appeared under Administration. The problem is, they are in Preferences too, as a consequence of "Settings" voice, as all default ones are. That makes my Preferences section a bit overcrowded. Anyway, obviously, if I just remove "Settings" option, they are moved to System Tools, where they previously weren't, without being in Administration (because of the lone "System"). Is there a way to put things under Administration without them appearing in Preferences too?
Question number 2 (Which probably is a solution to number 1 as well): Is there a way to create a custom category, assigning it viewed name and the option a .desktop link must have under "Category" to be put in it? Which file I have to edit or create to make so?
Thanks everyone, waiting for replies!