KDE menu - where is it kept?

[Rex Dieter]

Timothy Murphy wrote:

> I've seen this question asked many times,
> but never seen a simple answer:
> Where exactly is the list of items in the main F/Start menu kept?
> 
> I added Kontact to the menu by right-clicking on the F icon,
> and going into Menu Editor,
> but I would have thought there was already an entry for Kontact
> somewhere on the system?

Kontact is in Office group, for me.

> I suppose another way to ask my question is:
> What decides which items are on the menu?

Not exactly easy-reading:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/

In short, your local mods *should* end up in ~/.local/menus/ somewhere.

-- Rex