[K12OSN] Customising Applications menu in K12LTSP 4.2.0

Lewis Holcroft lewis at pcc.com
Fri Jan 28 02:07:18 UTC 2005


Brian,

I'd settle for a nice command line option. I spent hours trying to get  
this worked out. In the end 45 minutes with IceWM got me just what I  
wanted. The thing I like most about IceWM is that I can create all the  
graphical menus in the world by editing very simple, well commented,  
text files.

Lewis

On Jan 27, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Brian Chivers wrote:

> Debbie Schiel wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> This is a bit of a sore point when it comes to gnome menus - I haven't
>> yet found an easy way to edit them, despite loads of howtoz... do a
>> google search for 'k12osn editing gnome menus', and check out the
>> wikki -
>>
> http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/ 
> Adding%20Menu%20Entries%20in%20FC2
>>
>> The easiest way for me though was to ditch gnome and switch to iceWM -
>> it loads faster (especially on thin clients) and the menu is dead easy
>> to edit, even for a newbie like me... see post titled 'making menu
>> icons bigger in IceWM'
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>> Brian Chivers wrote:
>>> First let me introduce myself
>>>
>>> I'm Brian Chivers, I work at Portsmouth College as a ICT Support
>>> Officer. I have recently downloaded and install the k12LTSP and I'm
>>> really impressed with the easy of install, that the intro out the
>>> way *grin*
>>>
>>> I have a thin client connecting via PXE booting but I'd like to know
>>> how to remove things from the Applications menu's, it's things like
>>> the systems tools etc, I realise that users can't access them with
>>> the correct privilages but if it's not there they won't try.
>>>
>>> I have tried right clicking on them, shift click but the "Remove
>>> this item" is always greyed out.
>>>
>>> Can some point me in the right direction, I think I'm google'd out.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
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>
> I think I've made a bit of a break through with this.
>
> If you move the files from /usr/share/applications to somewhere safe  
> (I've
> stored them in a dir in /root) and then do a  
> /usr/sbin/gdm-safe-restart they
> vanish from the menu.
>
> It's not brilliant but it's a start !! I wish there was a nice  
> graphical way
> of doing this
>
> Brian
>
>
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