On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:07:23PM +0200, Jesús Guerrero wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:33:56 +0100 > Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Up until now I have run a minimal gnome-panel on my fvwm desktop to > > get access to the Gnome menus. However I would prefer not to have to > > do this as I have found a better use for the space it occupies. > > > > So, what's the easiest way to run the Gnome "Main Menu" applet from > > fvwm, preferably from an fvwm menu entry. > > > > -- > > Chris Green > > > The gnome menu is a gnome-panel applets, and as such, it will not work without > the panel, in the same sense that a wheel is useless if it's not attached to a > car. > > I don't know of any application that can embed gnome panel applets (well, I > think > that the xfce panel had a plugin for such purpose, not sure), however there > are > scripts around to build fvwm menus using the .desktop files from the kde > and/or > the gnome menus, that's the closest you are going to get, as far as I know. > I did try that (the scripts for building menus from applets .deskop files) but they never really worked too well for me.
Maybe I just need a menu entry that launches gnome-panel, that's near enough to what I want I guess. -- Chris Green
