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Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

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On 07/04/2020 07:38 AM, nito@dismail.de wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:53:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop.
>> The Debian installer defaults to installing a mess of applications I rarely
>> want. They end up with entries on MATE's Applications sub-menus.
>>
>> Without deleting the offending applications from the system, how can I
>> delete those menu entries and replace them with links to suitable
>> applications.
> 
> MATE has graphical editor for this. If not already installed, the package
> is named "mozo" as is the tool itself.

How would one discover that? I've silently been grumbling about the 
problem since Debian first had MATE as a default option.

When today's web search turned up nothing I was both frustrated enough 
and in enough need to post.

> Otherwise you could try to edit the relevant .desktop files manually.

Where are they? How would I even know they existed?
I installed "mozo" and the "go to system, preferences, look and feel, 
main menu" to which Peter Ehlert referred magically appeared.

There is still a problem with MATE's internal help(sick;) for mozo.
It tells how to deactivate a selection. It says *NOTHING* about what 
happens when clicking on Preferences->Look and Feel->Main Menu followed 
by the title of the sub-menu you wish to modify and then clicking "+New 
Item".

What happens is a form titled "Create Launcher" appears.
Having added various apps to task bar &/or desktop I've dealt with that 
before.
*HOWEVER* Murphy rules supreme ;/
On multiple tries that form was *BEHIND* other displayed items.

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Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-04 14:00 +0200
  Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus nito@dismail.de - 2020-07-04 14:50 +0200
    Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-05 05:50 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200
        Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-05 11:50 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-05 12:20 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-05 16:00 +0200
  Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-07-04 15:30 +0200
    Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:10 +0200

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