On Sat, 2014-07-12 at 23:45 +0000, Doug Sommer wrote:
I am kinda stuck. I want to add a menu item and like all previous versions of Centos I used Alacarte without issue. In C7, it will not allow you to put anything but a one name command. IE, firefox. You can not have something like java -jar /opt/PROG/NAME.jar. It grays out the OK button as soon as you put a space after java.
Note if you edit a menu item that that has a space, it is also grayed out.
Any other way to add one>
Thanks - Doug
Hi,
Below is an example of how to do it under c7.
- Create file named as you wish with a '.desktop' extension. - Insert the text below and edit to your needs.
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=My Java App GenericName=My Java app Exec=java -jar /path_to/my_java_app.jar Terminal=false Icon=/path_to/my_icon.png Type=Application
- Save file. - Copy file to:
* '/home/<username>/.local/share/applications/'
to be local to that user only.
or
* '/usr/share/applications'
to be available system wide.
Your app will appear in a new menu group of 'Other'.
Note: The example is for a java gui app. If a terminal application, change the 'Terminal' line rvalue to true.
Regards
Phil