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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:
- /usr/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop
[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
- /usr/share/applications/dosemu.desktop
[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:
- ~/.local/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop
[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)