Re^3: How script can add new entries to "Programs" menu on MacOSX?

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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Re^4: How script can add new entries to "Programs" menu on MacOSX? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 20, 2004 at 18:13 UTC
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? ------------------------------------	[reply]
Re^5: How script can add new entries to "Programs" menu on MacOSX? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 22, 2004 at 13:56 UTC
I can write the program I need. I only needed to know what needed done. Here are the answers I needed for Linux: --------------------------------- For Lindows ( I think Lindows is Debian based) use /usr/share/applnk/Applications Example: OpenOffice spreadsheet: /usr/share/applnk/Applications/Business/OpenOffice/spreadsheet.desktop Just use the spreadsheet.desktop as a guide. -------------------------------- For Mandrake KDE use /home/loginname/.kde/share/applnk-mdk Example: xemacs editor /home/loginname/.kde/share/applnk-mdk/Applications/Editors/xemacs.desktop -------------------------------- For Mandrake Gnome use /home/loginname/.gnome2/apps-mdk/Applications/Editors/Xemacs.desktop BTW: I copied /home/loginname/.gnome2/apps-mdk/Applications/Editors/Xemacs.desktop to /home/loginname/.kde/share/applnk-mdk/Applications/Editors/xemacs.desktop and it worked without modification! -------------------------------- For Mandrake IceWM use /home/loginname/.icewm/menu Example: xemacs editor Besides the file name being "menu", there are a lot of sections within it such as "menu "Editors"" below. I added the line "prog "Xemacs" - /usr/local/bin/xemacs" menu "Editors" /usr/share/icons/mini/editors_section.png { prog "Emacs" /usr/share/icons/mini/emacs.png emacs prog "GEdit" /usr/share/icons/mini/gedit.png /usr/bin/gedit prog "KHexEdit" - khexedit prog "KWrite" - kwrite prog "Kate" - kate prog "Xemacs" - /usr/local/bin/xemacs } -------------------------------- Now it is clear the types of things to look for on different platforms. I will be downloading other window managers and looking for the same sorts of things. The script that gets written must search out the directory structures as above and add/change the stated files accordingly. The new application will automatically appear in the "Start" menu. A note of caution. There is a .gnome and a .gnome2 local directory. Any script will have to look in any and all .gnomeX.Y directories for a valid directory structure, and/or valid .desktop files, before deciding what to do. At least now I know what has to be done.	[reply]