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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Regarding KMenu
From:       Gary Greene <greeneg () phoenuxos ! com>
Date:       2006-04-19 19:00:57
Message-ID: 200604191501.02232.greeneg () phoenuxos ! com
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On Wednesday 19 April 2006 02:51 pm, Chakkaradeep C C wrote:
> HI,
>
> On 4/20/06, Vivek Rai <vivek.rai@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just tried this, I copied the /etc/xdg/menus contents in my Yoper
> >
> > machine
> >
> > > to the same place and added the same applnk-mdk also.
> > >
> > > I restarted the system, but the menu structure is KDE's default. How to
> >
> > tell
> >
> > > KDE to regenerate the menu structure??
> >
> > I thought you were using PCLinuxOS, and my mail earlier was relevant for
> > that.
> >
> > I am not sure about the menu system used by Yoper, best to search on
> > their forums/wiki/docs etc.
> >
> > If they are using the debian/mandriva like menu system, you shouldnt
> > need to manually create the applnk-mdk stuff. It should be generated
> > by running update-menus command.
> >
> > >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
> >
> > unsubscribe <<
>
> Well, as i am in the Yoper Core Team, i am planning to change the menu
> structure with Yoper's Menu Structure. As this needed some homework to be
> done, i was looking thru many distros and i found debian menu system to be
> having somewhat more categorized menu system.
>
> Is it possible to use the debian menu style totally?. I tried compiling teh
> menus rpm from Mandrake src.rpm, but it is queryng for dpkg-query but we
> use RPMs.
>
> If i can do the similar way like Debian's update-menus and other stuffs,
> what should i concentrate on?
>
> I tried changing the xdg menu structure and re ran kbuildsyscoca and it did
> reflect.
> --
> Regards,
> C.C.Chakkaradeep,
> Novatium Solutions Limited,Chennai.
> http://www.novatium.com
> http://www.yoper.com
>
> --
> "Sometimes it's better not to ask - or to listen - when people tell you
> something can't be done. I didnt ask for permission or approval. I just
> went ahead and did it."  - from "Direct from Dell"

To get the menu system that MDK and Debian use, you'll need to patch your KDE 
to handle it. Grab the patches for it from binner's patches archive.

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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