How To: Cardapio Menu for XFCE

[GeneC]

EDIT: (Feb 22, 2012)
Alas, I just noticed on a new XFCE install that this method does not work unless Gnome is also installed.
I had it installed on the previous XFCE/LMDE installation I had (below).

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LMDE-XFCE tracking SID or Testing (or any repo for that matter. Mint Menu was lost in testing/sid upgrades).

A few months ago i lost Mint Menu through an upgrade.
Standard XFCE menu is usable but limited.
Found Cardaio Menu which is very nice and 'easily' configurable.

Easiest way to install is to add a PPA (Its Ubuntu based, but no issues, just be sure to comment it out, when done downloading it).

Add this to your ect/apt/souces.list

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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cardapio-team/unstable/ubuntu oneiric main

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sudo apt-get update

Install 'cardapio', cardapio-gnomepanel'

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sudo apt-get install cardapio cardapio-gnomepanel

(it will add a couple of depends)

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Commit Log for Fri Feb 17 08:25:32 2012

Installed the following packages:
blt (2.4z-4.2)
cardapio (0.9.193-ubuntu1-oneiric1)
cardapio-gnomepanel (0.9.192-ubuntu1-oneiric1)
python-keybinder (0.2.2-3)
python-tk (2.7.1-3)
tk8.5 (8.5.11-1)

Add to panel with 'xfapplet'

Very Nice!

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With (add to side pane option), you can add 'Favorites' (seen in lower left of menu)

[rhodry]

Nice find! Thanks.

One of the few things left that they need some serious work on (IMHO); the menu config I mean. Must catch up with v4.10 proposed changes.

cheers,
rhodry.

[GeneC]

Hi rhodry

About editing the menu. I have alacarte installed (it brought along a ton of gnome depends, most folks wont want to do that, but I needed them for AWN dock, and have lots of spare room).

A more basic menu editor for XFCE that worked for me was LXMED
http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/download.html

[rhodry]

Hi rhodry

About editing the menu. I have alacarte installed (it brought along a ton of gnome depends, most folks wont want to do that, but I needed them for AWN dock, and have lots of spare room).

A more basic menu editor for XFCE that worked for me was LXMED
http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/download.html

Yeah, see that is my main complaint about using alacarte. I don't run "pure" Xfce installs but I usually don't like bringing in half of Gnome. Lots of apps in Gnome seem to do that?

Also, I don't generally run docks either - I just have a panel on the right edge of the screen with launch icons for the dozen or so most used apps. BTW, I have never understood why people run their docks on the bottom edge of the screen on widescreen monitors?? Isn't screen real estate hard enough to come by? I like to minimize memory resource footprint more than hdd.

I seem to remember trying Lxmed once before & something didn't work for me - hmmmm, maybe not, might have another look at it. Mind you, an old CLI junkie like me, I'm just as happy editing the file to be honest - it's just that xml is a PITB to work with I find.

Anyway, thanks for 'stepping down the path' ahead of us!

cheers,
rhodry.