I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
On Mon November 20 2023 17:46:01 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
It kinda depends exactly what you deleted.
I would try re-installing the affected packages.
Depending on your distro it might be easier to re-install either all packages or all TDE packages.
--Mike
On 11/20/23 19:58, Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
On Mon November 20 2023 17:46:01 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
It kinda depends exactly what you deleted.
I would try re-installing the affected packages.
Depending on your distro it might be easier to re-install either all packages or all TDE packages.
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Surely there's something that runs on the first start of Trinity that generates the menus, right? I really don't want to reinstall anything. Also, the distro I run is Debian 12.2, fyi [I deleted about half of the menus]
On Mon November 20 2023 18:02:38 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
Surely there's something that runs on the first start of Trinity that generates the menus, right? I really don't want to reinstall anything. Also, the distro I run is Debian 12.2, fyi [I deleted about half of the menus]
You could try logging out, renaming ~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu and then logging back in. TDE might rebuild it. I don't know.
--Mike
On Monday 20 November 2023 18:02:38 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
On 11/20/23 19:58, Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
On Mon November 20 2023 17:46:01 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
It kinda depends exactly what you deleted.
I would try re-installing the affected packages.
Depending on your distro it might be easier to re-install either all packages or all TDE packages.
--Mike
Surely there's something that runs on the first start of Trinity that generates the menus, right? I really don't want to reinstall anything. Also, the distro I run is Debian 12.2, fyi [I deleted about half of the menus]
Same thing happened to me, been maybe a few years ago by now, and I would really like to regenerate the original start menus.
It's one of my very few complaints about TDE. It seems to me that it must have something to do with the lower panel. (Or, for me it's the lower panel; I guess users can put it where they want, which sort of leads to the problems I just mentioned.)
Whenever I unlock the lower panel, I tend to make whatever changes quickly, then lock it again immediately. Otherwise, I accidentally hit the wrong command (don't know what), or a click on something unintentionally (again, don't know what I do here), and next thing I know, the lower panel and its icons are all askew. The panel sometimes gets moved from the lower part of the screen to one side or another, which is really bad, maybe sometimes on top. And everything gets messed up, then I must spend some time putting everything right again.
In order to make changes to the applications menu, you must unlock the lower panel; thus, I imagine, it's related to that issue about locking/unlocking the lower panel.
I assume that we mean the same thing: the start menu button, and the list of applications that pops up when you click the start menu icon. If not, please correct me, as that's a separate issue.
Anyway, at bottom, same problem, I think. I have whole categories (such as Internet) that have disappeared from my start menu. I have tried to replace them manually, tried to find some way to regenerate them, to restore them to their original state, but no luck.
Bill
On 11/20/23 20:42, William Morder via tde-users wrote:
On Monday 20 November 2023 18:02:38 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
On 11/20/23 19:58, Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
On Mon November 20 2023 17:46:01 SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
It kinda depends exactly what you deleted.
I would try re-installing the affected packages.
Depending on your distro it might be easier to re-install either all packages or all TDE packages.
--Mike
Surely there's something that runs on the first start of Trinity that generates the menus, right? I really don't want to reinstall anything. Also, the distro I run is Debian 12.2, fyi [I deleted about half of the menus]
Same thing happened to me, been maybe a few years ago by now, and I would really like to regenerate the original start menus.
It's one of my very few complaints about TDE. It seems to me that it must have something to do with the lower panel. (Or, for me it's the lower panel; I guess users can put it where they want, which sort of leads to the problems I just mentioned.)
Whenever I unlock the lower panel, I tend to make whatever changes quickly, then lock it again immediately. Otherwise, I accidentally hit the wrong command (don't know what), or a click on something unintentionally (again, don't know what I do here), and next thing I know, the lower panel and its icons are all askew. The panel sometimes gets moved from the lower part of the screen to one side or another, which is really bad, maybe sometimes on top. And everything gets messed up, then I must spend some time putting everything right again.
In order to make changes to the applications menu, you must unlock the lower panel; thus, I imagine, it's related to that issue about locking/unlocking the lower panel.
I assume that we mean the same thing: the start menu button, and the list of applications that pops up when you click the start menu icon. If not, please correct me, as that's a separate issue.
Anyway, at bottom, same problem, I think. I have whole categories (such as Internet) that have disappeared from my start menu. I have tried to replace them manually, tried to find some way to regenerate them, to restore them to their original state, but no luck.
Bill
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Someone else gave me the solution, so I thought that I would give it to you. 1. mv ~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu applications-tdemenuedit.menu.bak 2. tdebuildsycoa --noincremental This should fix this issue.
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:42:49 -0800 William Morder via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
In order to make changes to the applications menu, you must unlock the lower panel;
Untrue (and I just tested it by deleting a duplicate menu entry with my panel still locked). You only have to unlock the panel if you're changing the panel itself.
E. Liddell
On 11/20/23 5:46 PM, SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
This looks like it might do the trick, from: https://www.trinitydesktop.org/faq/panel.php#idm140487998424784
5.3. After updating TDE, my TDE menu appears to be empty! How can I get my menu back?
User modifications to the TDE menu are stored in $HOME/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu. Try moving this file out of the way and then issuing the command tdebuildsycoca --noincremental. This should restore you to the default system menus. If that is the case you'll have to recreate your customized menu.
On 11/20/23 20:40, Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
On 11/20/23 5:46 PM, SuperRyn via tde-users wrote:
I didn't like how cluttered the menus were, so I deleted some of the folders. I am now regretting this decision and wish to reverse it; but I can't find any options like that in KMenuEdit or other places. How do I do this?
This looks like it might do the trick, from: https://www.trinitydesktop.org/faq/panel.php#idm140487998424784
5.3. After updating TDE, my TDE menu appears to be empty! How can I get my menu back?
User modifications to the TDE menu are stored in $HOME/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu. Try moving this file out of the way and then issuing the command tdebuildsycoca --noincremental. This should restore you to the default system menus. If that is the case you'll have to recreate your customized menu.
This worked! Thank you.
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