In Applications-->Other...

There are six entries in this sub-menu, all of which are probably uneeded as they duplicate entries in other areas of the menu system.

A previous post in this topic suggested removing .desktop entries from the Preferences sub-menu. This would also clear the following in the Other sub-menu:
add-key
antiXCC
antiX-mountbox
icewmcc
remastercc



Synaptic Package Manager is also shown in this sub-menu. It also appears in the Preferences sub-menu. It seems to be associated with antix-cc-full-antix. synaptic.desktop is in /usr/share/applications/antix/. Does this imply that synaptic.desktop is modified in some way? The .desktop file contains"Categories=Other" which is a bit strange.

The following displays an entry only in the Preferences sub-menu.

synaptic.desktop
Together the above will clear all entries from the Other sub-menu. If I recall correctly, once empty it is no longer created.

I think part of the problem is the script that writes the apllications manu isn't very accurate. For example, if you remove
Type=Application
Categories=Settings;

from an antiX .desktop file eg add-key and then update menu, the entries still stay in Applications-Preferences.

I have found another update-menu script that may work better.


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://github.com/gapan/xdgmenumaker"
linktext was:"https://github.com/gapan/xdgmenumaker"
====================================

In Applications-->Preferences...

The entry for advert-block does not display an icon.

advert-block.desktop points to an empty icon value.
An icon was obtained from
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/no-entry-signs.html"
linktext was:"http://all-free-download.com/free-vecto ... signs.html"
====================================

and resized/renamed xsw.png.

Copy the icon to /usr/share/pixmaps/

The following displays an entry and icon in the Preferences sub-menu.

advert-block.desktop

Comment removed! Sorry Samk for my sarcasm. I'll go sit on the naughty step now.

Alanarchy wrote:But advert block does have an icon, which is at

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/usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/preferences-desktop-theme.png

In strict terms it does display an icon, but the one you refer to is used in the absence of one specifically for the app.

Have a look at the .desktop file for advert-block and it shows the icon field as empty.

Alanarchy wrote:While I'm being as nit-picky as you, I could point out that icons use valuable resources and as Antix is aimed at older machines, maybe no icon is a good thing. __{{emoticon}}__

If you prefer no icons it may be worth you switching to a WM that does not display them.

As for being"nit-picky", the feedback is being provided as a direct reponse to a request from anticapitalista. As IcewWM is the default WM for antiX-Full, tidying the menu will help give the best initial impression of antiX to new users. The suggestions are constructive and supplied in the spirit of helping the distro.

In Terminal Apps-->Network...

The entry for"Browser elinks" does not display an icon. Also the menu text differs from a similar entry in Applications-->Internet.

To make them both consistent replace the entry in ~/.icewm/menu with the following:

User can actuall choose whether to have icons in the Applications side of the menu or not (default is set to have).
Edit /usr/local/bin/auto-icewm-menu.sh

icewm-xdg-menu --terminal 'roxterm -e %s' --default-entry-icon /usr/share/icons/gTangish-2.0a1/32x32/apps/preferences-desktop-theme.png --with-theme-paths --theme gTangish-2.0a1 --entire-menu > ~/.icewm/application

to

icewm-xdg-menu --terminal 'roxterm -e %s' --entire-menu > ~/.icewm/application

anticapitalista wrote:I think part of the problem is the script that writes the apllications manu isn't very accurate. For example, if you remove
Type=Application
Categories=Settings;

from an antiX .desktop file eg add-key and then update menu, the entries still stay in Applications-Preferences.

Does this mean that .desktop files must exist in order for Control Center to reference them?

By removing the Type and and Categories are you looking for a way to have a .desktop file but for it not to be shown in the menu?

If so try adding this as a new line in a .desktop fileI have tried it with RemasterCC.desktop and it seems to do the job.

ref:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html"
linktext was:"http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto ... 01s05.html"
====================================

Thanks SamK. That is what I want.

It might be useful for desktop files to exist so users can place them on the rox desktop even if the entries do not show up in the menu.

BTW the

icewm-xdg-menu --terminal 'roxterm -e %s' --entire-menu > ~/.icewm/application

gets rid of only some of the icons. I'll look into those scripts for next release and either update the ones we use, or maybe use and hack the one I linked to earlier in the thread.

SamK - have a look at the xdgmenumaker. It installs easily enough.

To create a menu for antiX-icewm just change appmenu to application

ie xdgmenumaker -i -f icewm > ~/.icewm/application

In strict terms it does display an icon, but the one you refer to is used in the absence of one specifically for the app.

I've replaced it with yours. Thanks for that.

I must add that there are many other icons in /usr/share/pixmaps/other.

Alanarchy wrote:...so my suggestion has to be, use Fluxbox.

One of the attractions of antiX is the range of choices available. IceWM is a very suitable one for antiX-Full.

anticapitalista wrote:SamK - have a look at the xdgmenumaker.

I'll try to get around to that - but if I do it will only be a very superficial look. I've spent longer than I should tracking down the menu issues.

I've got 2/3 other suggestions to post then I will have to pick up the things I put on the back-burner.

In Applications-->Internet...

The entry for Ceni may be misplaced in this sub-menu. As placing interactive CLI apps within the Terminal Apps-->Network section is being discussed it might be worth not showing Ceni in its current sub-menu and adding an entry to ~/.icewm/menu.

To prevent the Ceni entry appearing in the current sub-menu append the following line in ceni.desktop To add an entry, Ceni in the Network sub-menu.

Keep up the good work SamK. Thanks for your help.