Adding/editing entries in jgmenu

schwim · 2020-11-20 14:32:22

Hi there everyone!

I'm having problems understanding how to add or edit entries in the new menu. I'm looking at the prepend file and I see how to run a command but often the places I'd like an entry to be, it's pulling from a pipe menu file and I don't know how to modify that.

For instance, I'd like to add an entry in the development submenu. I would like an entry titled "Bootstrap Studio" that runs the command "~/.scripts/BootstrapStudio.AppImage --no-sandbox" . How would I go about doing this?

Thanks for your time!

malm · 2020-11-20 15:36:12

You can either edit the files in ~/.config/jgmenu or create a .desktop file

To add an entry to the part of the menu you’re referring to, add a .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications

Take one from /usr/share/applications as a template

damo · 2020-11-20 16:30:27

Or copy the relevant pipemenu to ~/bin, and add whichever menuItem you want, in the appropriate place.

johnraff · 2020-11-24 02:05:12

schwim wrote:

I'd like to add an entry in the development submenu. I would like an entry titled "Bootstrap Studio" that runs the command "~/.scripts/BootstrapStudio.AppImage --no-sandbox" .

In this particular case you're looking at a submenu of the dynamically-generated "Applications" menu, so I think @malm's suggestion of creating a .desktop file would be the way to go. If you use the file associated with one of the apps thet already appears in "Development" as a template it shouldn't be too hard.

OTOH for other pipemenus which are bash scripts, then follow @damo's advice to create a personal copy, and edit it.

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Adding/editing entries in jgmenu

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Re: Adding/editing entries in jgmenu

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Re: Adding/editing entries in jgmenu

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Re: Adding/editing entries in jgmenu

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