[K12OSN] Custom menus?

[Dan Young]

On 6/19/07, Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:
> Huck wrote:
> > perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but is this windows-manager specific?
> > if using ICEWM you should be able to edit /usr/share/icewm/menu
> >
> > and create all that you need...
> >
> > I created a custom menu for the elementary school that has programs
> > grouped by grade level (even though some 8th graders really like
> > GCompris *boggles*)
> >
> > not sure about restricting a menu-item/group to a specific usergroup..
>
> I'd prefer it not to be wm-specific but as long as it works in gnome and
> kde it would be OK - and launchers on the desktop/folders seem to work
> in both.  Any program that knows how to draw something that looks like a
> menu and start other programs would work.  I know shell scripting and
> perl, but nothing about GUI programs or user interfaces so it needs to
> be simple (or a set of launcher files in a directory tree all written by
> a shell or perl script...).

The desktop file spec describes launchers that will work in both GNOME and KDE:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

Stuff them in a folder on a user's desktop, and away you go. Should be
reasonable to script that.

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
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