Customizing Gnome Menu

I haven't been able to find any information on how to do this, so I'm
hoping someone here can help.

I'm running RedHat Enterprise Linux.  I have a bunch of desktops set up
for users.  I want to add a new menu to the main menu to include a bunch
of apps that I've created RPMs for.  The only way I've been able to add
a new menu is by modifying the existing
/etc/X11/desktop-menus/application.menu.

Is there a way I can add my own menu without modifying the
application.menu nor by modifying individual users menus?  I thought
that by creating a .menu and the appropriate .directory files (and
.desktop files), that it would work, however I haven't been successful.

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Re: Customizing Gnome Menu

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 16:27 -0400, Ryan Golhar wrote:
> I haven't been able to find any information on how to do this, so I'm
> hoping someone here can help.
> 
> I'm running RedHat Enterprise Linux.  I have a bunch of desktops set up
> for users.  I want to add a new menu to the main menu to include a bunch
> of apps that I've created RPMs for.  The only way I've been able to add
> a new menu is by modifying the existing
> /etc/X11/desktop-menus/application.menu.
> 
> Is there a way I can add my own menu without modifying the
> application.menu nor by modifying individual users menus?  I thought
> that by creating a .menu and the appropriate .directory files (and
> .desktop files), that it would work, however I haven't been successful.
> 

I believe that opening Nautilus and navigating to start-here:/// will
work for local users, although I'm not sure where the configuration is
stored.

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RE: Customizing Gnome Menu

That's what I need....the configuration files to apply to other
workstations...

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wesley [mailto:tom.wesley <at> ntlworld.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:38 PM
To: golharam <at> umdnj.edu
Cc: gnome-list <at> gnome.org
Subject: Re: Customizing Gnome Menu

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 16:27 -0400, Ryan Golhar wrote:
> I haven't been able to find any information on how to do this, so I'm 
> hoping someone here can help.
> 
> I'm running RedHat Enterprise Linux.  I have a bunch of desktops set 
> up for users.  I want to add a new menu to the main menu to include a 
> bunch of apps that I've created RPMs for.  The only way I've been able

> to add a new menu is by modifying the existing 
> /etc/X11/desktop-menus/application.menu.
> 
> Is there a way I can add my own menu without modifying the 
> application.menu nor by modifying individual users menus?  I thought 
> that by creating a .menu and the appropriate .directory files (and 
> .desktop files), that it would work, however I haven't been 
> successful.
> 

"Browse folder" as open (double click) action?

I'm testing GNOME 2.6 for the first time, after upgrading to Fedora Core 
2... One change I notice right away is that there's now a distinction 
between "browse folder" and normal "file view" or "file manager". And 
I'm not sure I like it. To a certain degree, I can see that it may be 
good to have a file view free from the space requirements and (possibly) 
confusing GUI elements introduced by the navigation buttons, location 
bar, side panel etc, but:

   1. Is it really a good idea to have two separate directory viewers,
      if a straight-forward interface without unnecessary options is
      what we want? Won't the fact that there are two slightly different
      views into the filesystem just confuse most users?
   2. I absolutely detest the way the file manager will open a new
      window every time I enter a new folder.

So, is there a way to get the "browse folder" functionality, or if you 
like, old-style Nautilus window, as default open/double-click action? 
(Yeah, I know it can be accessed via the context menu, but double-click 
is really a lot more convenient.) If not, can I get the simplified file 
manager view to re-use the window when entering folders + possibly 
present a "parent directory" icon (or "Place" entry)?

- Toralf

Removable media mount via right-click menu?

Another thing that saddens me a bit when looking at GNOME 2.6, is that 
the "Disks" submenu of the "background" (desktop right-click) menu. - 
You know, the one that would contain items for all user-mountable 
filesystems, typically on removable devices like floppy, CD-ROM, flash 
etc., and might be used to mount or unmount those. Yeah, I've noticed 
the new "Computers" icon, but I really think that the "Disks" menu was a 
lot easier to use. Any way at all it may be re-enabled?

- Toralf

Re: "Browse folder" as open (double click) action?

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 22:12 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote:
> I'm testing GNOME 2.6 for the first time, after upgrading to Fedora Core 
> 2... One change I notice right away is that there's now a distinction 
> between "browse folder" and normal "file view" or "file manager". And 
> I'm not sure I like it. To a certain degree, I can see that it may be 
> good to have a file view free from the space requirements and (possibly) 
> confusing GUI elements introduced by the navigation buttons, location 
> bar, side panel etc, but:
> 
>    1. Is it really a good idea to have two separate directory viewers,
>       if a straight-forward interface without unnecessary options is
>       what we want? Won't the fact that there are two slightly different
>       views into the filesystem just confuse most users?
>    2. I absolutely detest the way the file manager will open a new
>       window every time I enter a new folder.
> 
> So, is there a way to get the "browse folder" functionality, or if you 
> like, old-style Nautilus window, as default open/double-click action? 
> (Yeah, I know it can be accessed via the context menu, but double-click 
> is really a lot more convenient.) If not, can I get the simplified file 
> manager view to re-use the window when entering folders + possibly 
> present a "parent directory" icon (or "Place" entry)?
> 
> - Toralf
> 

If you use gconf editor, tick /apps/nautilus/preferences/
always_use_browser and it will default to the old behaviour.

You may be interested to know that if you either hold the shift key and

Re: "Browse folder" as open (double click) action?

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 16:12, Toralf Lund wrote:

>    1. Is it really a good idea to have two separate directory viewers,
>       if a straight-forward interface without unnecessary options is
>       what we want? Won't the fact that there are two slightly different
>       views into the filesystem just confuse most users?

There are still too many instances where Browse can be useful.  Most
non-technical users will probably never need it though.

>    2. I absolutely detest the way the file manager will open a new
>       window every time I enter a new folder.

Try it for a while.  It makes sense once you understand _why_ it does it
and how to utilize it properly.

http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/spatial-nautilus.html

> 
> So, is there a way to get the "browse folder" functionality, or if you 
> like, old-style Nautilus window, as default open/double-click action? 

Edit the gconf key /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browse and set
it to true.

You can use gconf-editor or this one-liner shell command:
gconftool-2 --type boolean --set
/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser true

> (Yeah, I know it can be accessed via the context menu, but double-click 

Re: metacity keyboard shortcut question

"Larry W. Virden" <lvirden <at> cas.org> writes:

> For instance, he might want to assign the meta-n keyboard
> shortcut to mean "Find the Netscape process and put keyboard
> focus in that application".

To me, it sounds like an interesting, although perhaps a little
complex feature. I'm not sure the maintainer of Metacity will like it,
but anyway I think you need to put in Bugzilla

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org

under Metacity lest it shall pass away undetected.

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Re: SPARC Sun GNOME 2 keyboard shortcut question

"Larry W. Virden" <lvirden <at> cas.org> writes:

> Since the keyboard shortcut dialog for this release doesn't have
> a "lock the screen" action, I invoked the New Custom Shortcuts
> dialog and entered this new command:

I think this is a Sun patch? I can't find it in my stock Debian
unstable Gnome 2.6 release.

If it is, you probably need to contact Sun's support.

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Re: "Browse folder" as open (double click) action?

Sean Middleditch wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 16:12, Toralf Lund wrote:
>
>  
>
>>   1. Is it really a good idea to have two separate directory viewers,
>>      if a straight-forward interface without unnecessary options is
>>      what we want? Won't the fact that there are two slightly different
>>      views into the filesystem just confuse most users?
>>    
>>
>
>There are still too many instances where Browse can be useful.  Most
>non-technical users will probably never need it though.
>  
>
I actually know a number of users that I think must be called 
"non-technical" (whatever that means) who think working with files is a 
lot easier in older GNOME revisions, than in Windows 2000 or XP, so you 
never know...

>  
>
>>   2. I absolutely detest the way the file manager will open a new
>>      window every time I enter a new folder.
>>    
>>
>
>Try it for a while.  It makes sense once you understand _why_ it does it