[PlanetCCRMA] planetccrma-menus packages for FC3?

M P Smoak smoak@mis.net
Tue Apr 12 10:37:02 2005


On Tuesday 12 April 2005 02:26, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 23:46, Vegard Sandvold wrote:
> > I realize this is a small and not so important matter.
> > Thanks anyway!
>
> Sorry for the long delay, a preliminary menu system for fc3 is
> online, just install "planetccrma-menus-audioapps-devel" and
> you should get the necessary stuff. I was meaning to get this
> done properly but for now it follows the pattern of the fc2
> menus...
>
> > Customizing the Gnome menu systems seems to be a real pain
> > in the a**.
>
> It certainly is.
>
> > Do
> > you have any good references on that? I'm planning to make a
> > separate menu for our lab machines, with a limited selection
> > of useful programs. Spent a day googling withput finding
> > anything useful:-(
>
> Here are some links I found while doing the menus a while
> back... I don't know if they are still valid (or useful).
>
> # Fedora docs:
> #
> http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/developers-guide/ch-menus
>.html # Menus:
> # PDF
> http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/ublinux/redhat-menu-config.
>pdf # DOC
> http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~dudek/GnomePanel/redhat-menu-confi
>g.doc # http://www.bluethingy.com/linux/rh8menu.html
> #
> http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/developers-guide/ch-menus
>.html #
> http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/ublinux/HOWTO-menu-icon.htm
>l # spanish:
> #
> http://www.iagorubio.com/articulos/menugnome/menus_gnome2.php
>
> Check what gets installed with planetccrma-menus, etc. If you
> need a new menu you will need a hook in redhat-menus as well.I
> never figured out how to add a new category altogether...
>
> -- Fernando
>

Have you tried using the KDE Menu Editor, kmenuedit?  I've had no
difficulty with changes/additions I've made to the menus using 
PCCRMA/RH9.  Wouldn't menus made with the KDE Menu Editor work with
gnome?

Marv