====== XFCE Applications Menu ======
How to manipulate the XFCE Applications Menu.
====== Add an app to the XFCE menu ======
**To add an installed app to the [system wide] XFCE APPLICATIONS MENU, as root:**
1) Create the .desktop file:
vi /usr/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop
2) ADD: \\
[Desktop Entry]
Name=APP NAME
Comment=A COMMENT
Exec=/PATH/TO/APP/BIN
Icon=/PATH/TO/ICON/IMAGE.xpm
Terminal=TRUE/FALSE
Type=Application
Categories=CATEGORY(S)
EXAMPLE: dosemu \\
[Desktop Entry]
Name=DOS emulator
Name[lt]=DOS emuliatorius
Comment=DOS emulator "dosemu"
Comment[lt]=DOS emuliatorius "dosemu"
Exec=/usr/bin/dosemu
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/dosemu.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=System;Emulator;
**To add an installed app to a user's XFCE APPLICATIONS MENU, as that user:** \\
1) Create the .desktop file:
vi ~/.local/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop
2) ADD: \\
[Desktop Entry]
Name=APP NAME
Comment=A COMMENT
Exec=/PATH/TO/APP/BIN
Icon=/PATH/TO/ICON/IMAGE.xpm
Terminal=TRUE/FALSE
Type=Application
Categories=CATEGORY(S)
====== Sources ======
* Originally written by [[wiki:user:arfon | arfon]]
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