On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Lukas Eppler wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, jim r wrote: > > > I've installed several non-debian packages (some RPMs and what not). How > > do I safely update my Window Maker menus? If I hand-jam the changes, > > will the results be wiped out the next time I install a .deb? or....will > > the changes cause a .deb install (specifically the menu update part) to > > screw up? > > Debian normally uses (if you installed the menu package) information > provided in /usr/lib/menu, and normal .debs install their information > there. After unpacking a new .deb, normally a program named 'update-menus' > is called. So, the perfect way to solve your problem is to create a new > file called /usr/lib/menu/rpms the same way like the others including the > calls to your locally installed rpms, and then call update-menus as root. > This way the changes would persist when a .deb calls update-menus after > installation. And it should work for all window managers in one run.
That's good for system-wide additions. Each user can also have a ~/.menu directory for their own custom entries. For more info you should poke around in /usr/doc/menu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tower Visit my WindowMaker page at http://www.cs.mun.ca/~gstarkes/wmaker/ "You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge." -Neil Peart, Rush, in "Show Don't Tell"
