alacarte allow no changes under Pantheon

[Ch. Hanisch]

I have installed 'alacarte'. But I can't change any entry unter Pantheon - why?

[Akshay Shekher (voldyman)]

It is because pantheon uses a different menu file than alacarte.

There was a way of making Alacarte edit pantheon's menu, I'll report it here later.

[Akshay Shekher (voldyman)]

As you can see in the first link the file used by slingshot is pan the one applications.menu where as alacarte uses applications.menu

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-pantheon/slingshot/trunk/view/head:/src/Backend/AppSystem.vala#L38

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/alacarte/trunk/view/head:/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py#L40

[Ch. Hanisch (ch-hanisch)]

Hello,
Sorry, I can't understand your answer. Please give me an detailed
information for handling.

Am 29.03.2014 20:09, schrieb Akshay Shekher:
> As you can see in the first link the file used by slingshot is pan the
> one applications.menu where as alacarte uses applications.menu
>
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-pantheon/slingshot/trunk/view/head:/src/Backend/AppSystem.vala#L38
What mean that?
I have downloaded the Script to ~/Downloads/AppSystem.vala
What should I do now with that?

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/alacarte/trunk/view/head:/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py#L40

What mean that?
I have downloaded the Script to ~/Downloads/MenuEditor.py
What should I do now?
Will this Script replace 'alacarte'?

Thank you.
with regards
Ch. Hanisch

[Akshay Shekher (voldyman)]

i've found a simpler solution.
in the terminal type

    XDG_MENU_PREFIX='pantheon-' alacarte

and press enter, you'll be able to edit the slingshot menu directly.

[Ch. Hanisch (ch-hanisch)]

Hello,

Sorry, your solution is not working for me.

@VM-eOS:~$ XDG_MENU_PREFIX='pantheon-' alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 634, in
on_properties_button_clicked
    self.on_edit_properties_activate(None)
  File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 391, in
on_edit_properties_activate
    process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path],
env=os.environ)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 317, in
on_new_item_button_clicked
    process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path],
env=os.environ)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
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But I have installed 'menulibre' from site:
http://eos-snippets.blogspot.de/2014/02/menu-editor-menulibre.html
It works fine for me.

With regards
Ch. Hanisch

Am 12.04.2014 14:59, schrieb Akshay Shekher:
> i've found a simpler solution.
> in the terminal type
>
> XDG_MENU_PREFIX='pantheon-' alacarte
>
> and press enter, you'll be able to edit the slingshot menu directly.
>

[Ch. Hanisch (ch-hanisch)]

Hello,

What mean you with "Use GNOME Mainmenu categories"?
I can't find any place in 'alacarte' for that.

with regards
Ch. Hanisch

Am 18.04.2014 00:22, schrieb Cody Garver:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1010210 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010210
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1010210
> [alacarte support] Use GNOME Mainmenu categories
>