On 02/20/2012 05:49 AM, UH wrote: > 2012/2/20 ∅ <maps.backw...@gmail.com>: >>> When you rightclick on the desktop you have that menu with New, Paste >>> etc and as a last item Configure Desktop. Clicking on that you have >>> the options to configure the desktop ( pcmanfm --desktop-pref`). If >>> you activate there Advanced on the rightclick you get now: PCManFM, >>> Lxterminal, Browser - and nothing else. So, there is no way back save >>> you start in terminal `pcmanfm --desktop-pref`. That's absolutely not >>> good. The advanced menu, at least, should offer, over the 3 existing >>> options, Setup Desktop and Obconf or Lxappearance. I tried to >>> configure that "by hand" editing the >>> `/usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml`but it gave no effect. May be >>> there is another config file overruling that one? >> oh. you do realize these are two different menus, right? >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Right-clicking_on_desktop_pulls_up_a_menu_that_is_missing_the_.22Desktop_Preferences.22_option_and_now_I_can.27t_change_my_wallpaper >> the openbox one (the advanced menu) is configured with >> /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml. >> as for /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml, if you copy it to >> ~/.config/openbox, it will also configured this advanced menu. it also >> has the extra benefit of being written specifically for lubuntu, so it >> offers (i think) a better framework to work off of than the above. make >> sure any time you make changes to it, that you run openbox --reconfigure >> to test them. > Here, i'm confused: Frankly, i' didn't consider the > `/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml`but those in ùsr/share/lubuntu/openbox`. > The files are very similar. Those in xdg/openbox contains only > Terminal Emulator and WebBrowser, those in `lubuntu/openbox`contains > als PCManFM. And, from the logic i'd presume the latter is the one > that rules the menu options on rightclick desktop. When i do that i > see that 3 menus, not the 2 one of the other file. > > I'd found this wiki file regarding openbox: > http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus - but i didn't have success. For > sure i did something wrong, but i'm clueless. At least i'd like a lot > to have the menu point desktop preferences in the advanced menu (so, > at any time you could go back and forth without having to use the > terminal!). i found that /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml is run by default for the advanced menu configuration. it is overriden by ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml if it exists. i imagine what /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml applies to menu.xml-- i.e. that any changes there will get overwritten. also /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml suggests copying to ~/.config/openbox before making any changes. long story short: it doesn't matter which of the two menu.xml's you use (though the lubuntu one written with lubuntu in mind), but you should copy them to ~/.config/openbox before making any changes. then do an openbox --configure and you should be good.
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