3 little issues

[spir]

On 11/06/2012 14:13, spir wrote:
> On 10/06/2012 13:17, spir wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here are a few little issues I presently have with lubuntu. (I have investigated
>> the web for each one of them.)
>>
>> 1. shutdown button disappeared from lxpanel
[...]

> Ok, found how to do it. After following the process described in the FAQ (see
> link above) to edit the .desktop file, I finally noted this little config file
> gives the program name: ubuntu-logout. Just to check, I ran it from a
> terminal... and the menu entry appreared (in the System sub-menu which I added
> to the Category field in the config file).
> Note that I had restarted my computer several times since when I first edited
> the file yesterday, but the new config still was not taken into account. Running
> the prog itself seems to have done it.
>
> About editing the menus, I found lxmenu; install works fine (the install.sh
> script provides feedback) but the app itself just silently crashes by me (well,
> it's a Java prog... ;-).

EDIT: Actually, I'm not 100% sure anymore the issue was solved by running 
lubuntu_menu by hand.
The Lubuntu FAQ entry about this issue [1] is actually wrong. In a .desktop file 
for an app, the field 'Categories' is a list, and according to the specification 
by freedesktop.org [2] should end with a ';', which is missing from the FAQ 
example.
I have corrected this without paying attention during my trials and thus don't 
know when it happened; this could thus be the *actual* reason why things now 
work by me.

@amjjiwad: You may correct the FAQ (i wanted to do it, but won't [3])

Denis


[1] 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Shutdown_Button_is_missing_from_LXPanel.2C_how_can_I_add_it.3F

[2] http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html ,
section "Extensions to the desktop entry format", sub-section "Examples of using 
Categories and OnlyShowIn".

[3] 2 usability issues of the wiki subscription formular:
1. The software pretends to tell (me) what a good password should be.
2. The captchas are unreadable (for me).