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apt-get menu
update-menus

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whoops...no...that's Debian :)

edit: <XP burn> what, downvotes! you fools! apt-get has super-cow powers! it says so! you will pay for this treachery against the super cow! no chocolate milk for you! </XP burn>

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Re: Re: How script can add new entries to "Programs" menu on MacOSX?
by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 23, 2004 at 13:57 UTC

    Actually if you install Fink you'll get apt-get . . .

    Then again I don't know of a "Programs" menu on OS X. Maybe he wants to make a perl script into an executable? (See here to download). The original question's a bit vague.

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      I want to pose the same question, only also for Windows, KDE and GNOME. But let me put it in context. When on Windows I click Start->All Programs and then put my mouse cursor over "Games", I can then see the different games I have installed. Each company that wrote the games I see had to come up with code such that, once installed, their game would show up there. That is my end goal. I want the user to be able to find the program I am writing by navigating under the Start menu. Does perl have any facilities to ease this? Can you think of any keywords I can search for? Things like "Add Program to Windows Start Menu" are coming up with "by hand" methods, not script methods. Thanks
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        I have the answer for Windows XP, 98 and ME. Quite simply, have your script create a shortcut in the proper directory as shown below

        On Windows XP:
        C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
        C:\Documents and Settings\loginname\Start Menu\Programs (individual user)

        On Windows 98: c:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
        On Windows ME: c:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

        The program named by the shortcut will automagically show up under the Windows Start menu

        I still do not know how to do it on Linux KDE, FVWM, Gnome, etc.,
        Anyone out there know?
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