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by SamK
Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:58 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Menu Entry Defaults
Replies: 5
Views: 5990

Re: Menu Entry Defaults

I must say, that I have never used that and just copied this info form the given link. Is the source of this advice known? (Documentation etc) It might assist further investigation to be able to verify that the advice lists the correct actions and also identify any additional options or requirement...
by SamK
Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:51 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: Menu Entry Defaults
Replies: 5
Views: 5990

Re: Menu Entry Defaults

Copy the *.desktop files of the applications you don't want to have display in the menu to ~/.local/share/applications and... add the line "Hidden=true" in them. Guidance conducted without success. Have I missed something? Files copied from: /usr/share/applications/filename.desktop Files ...
by SamK
Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:39 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Menu Entry Defaults
Replies: 5
Views: 5990

Menu Entry Defaults

Is it possible to prevent entries for selected LX-components (and perhaps other packages) from being listed in the 'start' menu for all present and future users of a multi-user system? The ideal solution would also prevent the entries from being displayed when the component or package is: Re-install...
by SamK
Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:20 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: New User Account Defaults
Replies: 2
Views: 4156

Re: New User Account Defaults

archibald haddock wrote:... ~/.whatever/file, you would copy it to /etc/skel/.whatever/file
In Ubuntu 8.10 the hidden directory ~/.config contains all the configuration sub-directories and folders that I required and worked perfectly when used in accordance with the guidance provided.

Many Thanks
SamK
by SamK
Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:09 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: New User Account Defaults
Replies: 2
Views: 4156

New User Account Defaults

I am designing a system to be used on older PCs using Openbox and LXDE on top of a CLI installation of Ubuntu 8.10. This is working very well. The settings or preferences for various LX components have been changed to meet my requirements. Appearance LX Terminal Openbox Configuration Manager PCMan F...