source: gnome/core/gnome-menus.xml@ e7307aa1

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  <!ENTITY gnome-menus-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-menus/&gnome-version;/gnome-menus-&gnome-menus-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gnome-menus-md5sum        "615392c4f729f70c03aa3aa7dbe40a95">
  <!ENTITY gnome-menus-size          "393 KB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-menus-buildsize     "7.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-menus-time          "0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gnome-menus" xreflabel="gnome-menus-&gnome-menus-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-menus.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">gnome-menus-&gnome-menus-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">gnome-menus</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>gnome-menus-&gnome-menus-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-menus">
    <primary sortas="a-Gnome-menus">Gnome-menus</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to gnome-menus</title>

    <para>The <application>gnome-menus</application> package contains an
    implementation of the draft <quote>Desktop Menu Specification</quote>
    from freedesktop.org (<ulink
    url="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec"/>). Also contained
    are the <application>GNOME</application> menu layout configuration files,
    <filename>.directory</filename> files and a menu related utility
    program.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-menus-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-menus-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-menus-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gnome-menus-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gnome-menus-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gnome-menus-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">gnome-menus Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/> and
    <xref linkend="intltool"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/> and
    <xref linkend="gamin"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of gnome-menus</title>

     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
     href="../without-gnome.xml"/>

    <para>Install <application>gnome-menus</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If your <application>GNOME</application>-2 installation prefix is
    anything other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> and you
    have <application>Python</application> installed, create some symbolic
    links as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/python2.4/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor \
         /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gmenu.* \
         /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring gnome-menus</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>So that <application>GNOME</application> can find the desktop
      configuration files, ensure you set the <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar>
      environment variable in the system profile, or in individual user's
      profiles as shown below (you may add additional directories, separated
      with colons, if desired):</para>

<screen><literal>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/gnome/xdg</literal></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gnome-menu-spec-test</seg>
        <seg>libgnome-menu.[so,a]</seg>
        <seg>/etc/gnome/xdg, $GNOME_PREFIX/include/gnome-menus,
        $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/python2.4/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor and
        $GNOME_PREFIX/share/desktop-directories</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-menu-spec-test">
        <term><command>gnome-menu-spec-test</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to test GNOME's implementation of
          the Desktop Menu Specification.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-menus gnome-menu-spec-test">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-menu-spec-test">gnome-menu-spec-test</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgnome-menu">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgnome-menu.[so,a]</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions required to support GNOME's implementation
          of the Desktop Menu Specification.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-menus libgnome-menu">
            <primary sortas="c-libgnome-menu">libgnome-menu.[so,a]</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>