I'd like to know why some applications appear in the menu while others dont
example I have thunderbird and firefox, both have .desktop files in the /usr/share/applications directory only but only thunderbird appears under the "Generated Menus"->"Internet" menu Firefox is not to be found in any menu Nikolas Arend wrote: > Nikolas Arend wrote: > >> David Seikel wrote: >> >> >>> On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:52:11 -0400 Mike Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> I have some .desktop files that got installed to /usr/share/applnk, >>>> but most of them exist in /usr/share/applications. Will the generate >>>> all applications item look in both directories? Right now it doesn't >>>> seem to be doing much of anything though ;( >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.get-e.org/Main/FAQs/#63 answers that question. Basically, >>> it depends on where your distro tells E to look. >>> >>> >>> >> Sorry, but I don't get it from that FAQ. I had a brief look a the code >> but couldn't see at first glance which directories are processed or how >> e determines where to look. /usr/share/applications is the standard >> location, isn't it? >> >> I have another issue with the fdo stuff. All the application related >> things seem to slow down after I regenerate the applications menu. For >> example, the run dialog becomes rather sluggish and every time I use it, >> the enlightenment process starts allocating lots of memory which >> obviously doesn't get freed. It seems to have to do with parsing >> applications because things become normal once I remove the .desktop >> links which were created in .e/e/applications/all/ and restart e. And it >> seems that only .desktop files from the /usr/share/applications/kde/ >> directory are added, not those from /usr/share/applications/. >> >> >> > > I just saw that when I remove the remaining .eap files from > .e/e/applications/all/ (thus leaving only .desktop files in it), the run > dialog problem goes away. I kept the .eap's 'cause I created some custom > ones, I guess I shouldn't use them at all any more? > > But the applications menu only shows very few apps, causing e's memory > usage to go up significantly whenever browsing it. > I guess that's work in progress? > > Regards, Nick. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
