2006 Kevin Krammer

kevin.krammer@gmx.at

Jeremy White

jwhite@codeweavers.com

This is release 0.5 of the xdg-menu Manual. xdg-menu 1 xdg-menu command line tool for (un)installing desktop menu items xdg-menu --help --vendor vendor-id --noupdate --user --system --install desktop-file --install directory-file --install menu-file --uninstall desktop-file --uninstall directory-file --uninstall menu-file --forceupdate The xdg-menu program can be used to install new items to the desktop's application menu. The application menu works according to the XDG Desktop Menu Specification at http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec --help Show this help. --vendor vendor-id Adds vendor-id as a prefix when installing desktop and directory files. --noupdate Postpone updating the menu system. If multiple updates to the menu system are made in sequence this flag can be used to indicate that additional changes will follow and that it is not necassery to update the menu system right away. --user Installs or uninstalls the file for the current user only. --system Installs or uninstalls the file for all users on the system. Usually only root is allowed to do this. --install desktop-file Installs the *.desktop file indicated by desktop-file to the menu system. A desktop file represents a single menu item. --install directory-file Installs the *.directory file indicated by directory-file to the menu system. A directory file provides the name and icon for a submenu. --install menu-file Installs the *.menu file indicated by menu-file to the menu system. A menu file describes a submenu. --uninstall desktop-file Removes the *.desktop file indicated by desktop-file from the menu system. --uninstall directory-file Removes the *.directory file indicated by directory-file from the menu system. --uninstall menu-file Removes the *.menu file indicated by menu-file from the menu system. --forceupdate Force an update of the menu system. This is only useful if the last call to xdg-menu included the --noupdate option.