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Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu

Started byRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
First post2017-11-03 14:30 +0100
Last post2017-11-04 19:10 +0100
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  Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-11-03 14:30 +0100
    Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2017-11-04 02:30 +0100
      Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-11-04 13:50 +0100
        Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2017-11-04 15:40 +0100
          Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-11-04 17:30 +0100
            Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-11-04 17:30 +0100
              Re: Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-11-04 19:10 +0100

#188551 — Add/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-11-03 14:30 +0100
SubjectAdd/Remove appication from MATE Applications drop down menu
Message-ID<uHKcN-4Fv-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games 
sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without removing 
the executable?

My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it with a 
non-Debian executable [SeaMonkey].

I've seen instructions somewhere [can't recall where] for adding an 
application to a sub-menu.

TIA

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#188581

FromDominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com>
Date2017-11-04 02:30 +0100
Message-ID<uHVrA-1kV-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188551
On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games 
> sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without
> removing 
> the executable?
> 
> My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it with
> a 
> non-Debian executable [SeaMonkey].
> 
> I've seen instructions somewhere [can't recall where] for adding an 
> application to a sub-menu.
> 
> TIA
> 
System (on top menu bar)
look and feel
mate menu

You can create sub-folders to divide the games or other apps into your
own sorted lists by creating new menu (a sub-folder) with your chosen
name and then drag and drop the program titles into the new sub-menu
(sometimes quite tricky to get the exact placement to move the program)

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#188587

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-11-04 13:50 +0100
Message-ID<uI63E-7Yu-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188581
On 11/03/2017 08:22 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games
>> sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without
>> removing
>> the executable?
>>
>> My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it with
>> a
>> non-Debian executable [SeaMonkey].
>>
>> I've seen instructions somewhere [can't recall where] for adding an
>> application to a sub-menu.
>>
>> TIA
>>
> System (on top menu bar)
> look and feel
> mate menu
>
> You can create sub-folders to divide the games or other apps into your
> own sorted lists by creating new menu (a sub-folder) with your chosen
> name and then drag and drop the program titles into the new sub-menu
> (sometimes quite tricky to get the exact placement to move the program)
>
>

I don't observe that menu structure.
I'm using Stretch (9.1.0) with MATE (1.16.2) .

The menu structure I see is:
System
     Preferences
         Hardware
             .../.../...
         Internet and Network
             .../.../...
         Look and Feel
             Appearance
             Popup Notifications
             Screensaver
             Windows
         Other
             .../.../...
         Personal
             .../.../...
     Administration
     Control Center
.
.
.

Thank you.

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#188589

FromDominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com>
Date2017-11-04 15:40 +0100
Message-ID<uI7M5-DN-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188587
On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 07:44 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/03/2017 08:22 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games
> > > sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without
> > > removing
> > > the executable?
> > > 
> > > My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it
> > > with
> > > a
> > > non-Debian executable [SeaMonkey].
> > > 
> > > I've seen instructions somewhere [can't recall where] for adding
> > > an
> > > application to a sub-menu.
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > 
> > 
> > System (on top menu bar)
> > look and feel
> > mate menu
> > 
> > You can create sub-folders to divide the games or other apps into
> > your
> > own sorted lists by creating new menu (a sub-folder) with your
> > chosen
> > name and then drag and drop the program titles into the new sub-
> > menu
> > (sometimes quite tricky to get the exact placement to move the
> > program)
> > 
> > 
> 
> I don't observe that menu structure.
> I'm using Stretch (9.1.0) with MATE (1.16.2) .
> 
> The menu structure I see is:
> System
>      Preferences
>          Hardware
>              .../.../...
>          Internet and Network
>              .../.../...
>          Look and Feel
>              Appearance
>              Popup Notifications
>              Screensaver
>              Windows
>          Other
>              .../.../...
>          Personal
>              .../.../...
>      Administration
>      Control Center
> .
> .
> .
> 
> Thank you.
> 
Then you most likely need to add the package it comes in - my *guess*
would be either mate-menu or mate-control-center although it could be
hiding in one of the others.

Once installed you can also just untick the box next to the software
you don't want to see and it will be invisibly there until you next
tick it.

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#188592

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-11-04 17:30 +0100
Message-ID<uI9ux-1Gy-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188589
On 11/04/2017 09:34 AM, Dominic Knight wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 07:44 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 11/03/2017 08:22 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 08:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>> My first problem is there are too many games cluttering the Games
>>>> sub-menu. How to delete selected games from the menu without
>>>> removing
>>>> the executable?
>>>>
>>>> My second problem is I do not use Firefox. I wish to replace it
>>>> with a non-Debian executable [SeaMonkey].
>>>>
>>>> I've seen instructions somewhere [can't recall where] for adding
>>>> an application to a sub-menu.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>
>>> System (on top menu bar)
>>> look and feel
>>> mate menu
>>>
>>> You can create sub-folders to divide the games or other apps into
>>> your
>>> own sorted lists by creating new menu (a sub-folder) with your
>>> chosen
>>> name and then drag and drop the program titles into the new sub-
>>> menu
>>> (sometimes quite tricky to get the exact placement to move the
>>> program)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't observe that menu structure.
>> I'm using Stretch (9.1.0) with MATE (1.16.2) .
>>
>> The menu structure I see is:
>> System
>>      Preferences
>>          Hardware
>>              .../.../...
>>          Internet and Network
>>              .../.../...
>>          Look and Feel
>>              Appearance
>>              Popup Notifications
>>              Screensaver
>>              Windows
>>          Other
>>              .../.../...
>>          Personal
>>              .../.../...
>>      Administration
>>      Control Center
>> .
>> .
>> .
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
> Then you most likely need to add the package it comes in - my *guess*
> would be either mate-menu or mate-control-center although it could be
> hiding in one of the others.
>
> Once installed you can also just untick the box next to the software
> you don't want to see and it will be invisibly there until you next
> tick it.

The package needed was "mate-menu".
There is now a "Main Menu" option underneath "Look and Feel".
A little experimentation suggests I can organize the menus "my way" ;)
An initial web search for {"mate desktop" "mate-menu" documentation} did 
not turn up a manual specifically covering this option.

I did receive warning messages when installing with Synaptic - not sure 
of their significance:
W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Packages (contrib/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Packages (contrib/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (contrib/i18n/Translation-en) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Packages (non-free/binary-i386/Packages) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Packages (non-free/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple 
times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9
W: Target Translations (non-free/i18n/Translation-en) is configured 
multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and /etc/apt/sources.list:9

Thank you.

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#188593

From<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date2017-11-04 17:30 +0100
Message-ID<uI9uy-1Gy-33@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188592
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 11:22:30AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

[...]

> I did receive warning messages when installing with Synaptic - not
> sure of their significance:
> W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured
> multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and
> /etc/apt/sources.list:9

It seems you have a double entry in your sources file
/etc/apt/sources.list (lines 5 and 9). Just have a look
there.

Cheers
- -- t
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#188597

FromRichard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Date2017-11-04 19:10 +0100
Message-ID<uIb3j-2IV-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#188593
On 11/04/2017 11:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 11:22:30AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I did receive warning messages when installing with Synaptic - not
>> sure of their significance:
>> W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured
>> multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:5 and
>> /etc/apt/sources.list:9
>
> It seems you have a double entry in your sources file
> /etc/apt/sources.list (lines 5 and 9). Just have a look
> there.
>

You are correct - line 9 is duplicate of line 5.
Now I just have to figure out what I was attempting to do ;/

Thank you.

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