A quick update: I realized that the commands from the gtk-module README are in fact needed for XFCE. I added them to the shell script.
-JTS ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:50 PM, Jacob Sims <jts...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I had the same problem on XFCE in Debian testing. I did some searching of the > original repo's README and discovered there are a few settings that have to > be flipped in XFCE on Debian. Based on similar settings existing for MATE, > I'd assume the same is true there, and, finally, also for Budgie (but that's > not an official Debian DE so I'm not worrying about it). > > For XFCE: > xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsMenubar -n -t bool -s true > xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/ShellShowsAppmenu -n -t bool -s true > > For MATE: > gsettings set org.mate.interface gtk-shell-shows-app-menu true > gsettings set org.mate.interface gtk-shell-shows-menubar true > > The original information and README are > [here](https://gitlab.com/vala-panel-project/vala-panel-appmenu/blob/master/README.md). > The information about `appmenu-gtk-module' seems not to be relevant to Debian > as the changes it makes seem to be in the install scripts already. > > I have fixed the problem on XFCE by adding a file in the `/debian' direction > called `xfce4-appmenu-plugin.sh' with the above commands. I also made one for > MATE (`debian/mate-applet-appmenu.sh') that presumably works, but I am not > sure since I'm running XFCE. > > I can't find information on exactly how to submit the actual source changes, > so I'm hoping this is the correct way to report fixes. If not, let me know > and I'll happily do things properly. > > Regards, > JTS
