OS-Linux-Desktop

See Also 

OS-Linux

KDE

Customizing the Application Menu

Edit the Application Menu

• Right-click the Application Menu launch button
  • Choose Edit Applications

Location of Menu Changes

• ~/.local/share/applications

Why does installed software not show up?

• Customizations to the application menu seem to block menu updates.

XDG

Edit the Application Menu

• TBD

Location of Menu Files

• ~/.config/menus/applications-merged/

  *.menu

• ~/.local/share/applications/

  *.desktop

• /home/apps/menu/

  generate_xdg-desktop-menu-commands.sh

  xdg-desktop-menu-commands.sh

  xdg-icon-resource-commands.sh

  *.desktop'

  • 128x128/
  • 16x16/
  • 22x22/
  • 32x32/
  • 64x64/
  • disable/
  • gfx/
  • ico/

See Also

• ~/.config/openbox/xdg-menu.xml

Icons

Extract From .exe Files

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/36808689/856172
  • Example:

  cd /home/apps/menu/ico

  wrestool -x --type=14 /home/raid/apps/x-plane/X-Plane.exe >X-Plane.ico

  cd ../gfx

  convert ../ico/X-Plane.ico X-Plane.png

  ls X-Plane-*.png

  Browse the folder and pick the best candidate.

  rm -f X-Plane-?.png X-Plane-10.png

  mv X-Plane-11.png X-Plane.png

  cd ..

  ./make-icons.sh gfx/X-Plane.png