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HappyHacking
HappyHacking

Reputation: 868

python app in WM-Menu

BI wrote a python app for controlling one of my network devices. Now in want to add it to the Gnome Menu (Applications).

How can I create a new overall section like "My Apps" and then an entry for my app?

I've now created the files specified in the tutorial, but there's no menu entry at all.

here are my files:

/usr/share/blafoo/applications/bla-foo.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

Exec=genucard
Icon=bla-foo.ico

Name=Bla Foo App
Name[de]=Bla Foo App

Comment=Easy control of youre blafoo
Comment[de]=Einfache Steuerung Ihres blafoos

/usr/shar/blafoo/desktop-directories/bla-foo.directory

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8

Icon=happyhacking.ico
Name=Happy Hacking

/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/bla-foo.menu

<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
<"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd">
<Menu>
  <Name>Applications</Name>
  <Menu>
    <Name>Happy Hacking</Name>
    <Directory>bla-foo.directory</Directory>
    <Include>
      <Filename>bla-foo.desktop</Filename>
    </Include>
  </Menu>
</Menu>

Any ideas whats wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 103

Answers (1)

Tuim
Tuim

Reputation: 2511

There is this thing called the desktop specification, you can find more info about it here:

http://developer.gnome.org/desktop-entry-spec/
http://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en

These files usually reside in /usr/share/applications

Upvotes: 2

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